In recent years, increasing interest has focused on direct catalytic SOx reduction of elementary sulfur by several reducing agents such as CO, methane and synthetic gases. Mixed metallic oxides are an important class of catalytic materials investigated worldwide for application in a variety of fields. In this context, this work focused on the synthesis by combustion reaction and characterization of ZnAl2-X Fe xO4 catalysts, x = 0.0, 0.75, 1.0, 1.25, 1.5, and 1.75. The resulting powders were characterized by their density and surface area measured by BET, X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microscopy. Our findings indicate that single phase powders comprised of nanosized particles were obtained. Increasing the amount of Fe3+ ions replacing Al3+ ions caused the surface area to increase, thereby reducing the particle size (82.74 - 30.94 nm). Hence, the catalysts with a greater Fe3+ content were found to perform well in reducing gas emissions from the oil industry.
ceramic catalysts; combustion reaction; SOx reduction
