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Copper zinc ferrites (Cu1−xZnxFe2O4) with different composition (x = 1; 0.2; 0.5; 0.8) were prepared by conventional thermal method. Formation of well crystallized ferrite phase with cubic structure and crystallites size of about 19.08–24.39 nm was observed by Powder X-ray diffraction and Mössbauer spectroscopy. The ferrite materials were tested as catalysts in methanol decomposition to CO and H2. A strong dependence of the catalytic behaviour of Cu1−xZnxFe2O4 ferrites of their composition and the phase transformations which occurred under the reaction medium was established.
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Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on the Applications of the Mössbauer Effect (ICAME 2013) held in Opatija, Croatia, 1–6 September 2013.
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Koleva, K., Velinov, N., Tsoncheva, T. et al. Mössbauer study of Cu1−xZnxFe2O4 catalytic materials. Hyperfine Interact 226, 89–97 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10751-013-0966-7
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