Table 2. Elemental Surface and Bulk Concentrations of CrMnOx Catalysts.
| surface concentrationa (atm. %) |
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| catalyst | Mn | Cr | O | surface Cr ratio | bulk Cr ratio | carbon concentrationc (wt %) |
| 300-1 | 17.64 | 13.95 | 68.41 | 0.44 | 0.40b (0.41) | 0.37 ± 0.07 |
| 300-5 | 18.12 | 13.57 | 68.31 | 0.43 | 0.40 (0.40) | 0.24 ± 0.05 |
| 300-10 | 17.94 | 13.50 | 67.56 | 0.45 | 0.40 (0.40) | 0.25 ± 0.05 |
| 400-1 | 18.02 | 13.76 | 68.22 | 0.43 | 0.40 (0.42) | 0.24 ± 0.05 |
| 400-10 | 19.69 | 12.65 | 67.66 | 0.39 | 0.39 (0.39) | 0.27 ± 0.05 |
Calculated from Cr 2p, Mn 2p, and O 1s signals from XPS survey scans.
Determined by ICP-AES; brackets denote values determined via EDX.
Averaged from three replicants, instrumental detection limit is 0.20 wt %.