Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Kyushu University, 6-10-1, Hakozaki, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka
812, Japan
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60
50
4O
"O
a0
2O
10
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Atomic S / Fe ratio
Gas
Light tar
Heavy tar
20
40
Yield (wt%)
60
80
Reactant
Conversion(%)
C6H6+ H2S
C6H6(S-free)
38.7
46.6
Acknowledgements
We thank Dr K. Murata of Mitsui Engineering and
Shipbuilding Co., Ltd, and Dr H. Katsuki of the
Ceramics Research Institute of the Saga Prefectural
Government for valuable discussion. The experiment was partially carried out by Mr K. Haruta. We
are also indebted to the Research Laboratory of
High Voltage Electron Microscope of Kyushu
University.
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