Journal of
Petroleum Technology and Alternative Fuels

  • Abbreviation: J. Pet. Technol. Altern. Fuels
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2360-8560
  • DOI: 10.5897/JPTAF
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 69

Full Length Research Paper

Temperature programme reduction (TPR) studies of cobalt phases in γ-alumina supported cobalt catalysts

Olusola O. James
  • Olusola O. James
  • Chemistry Unit, College of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kwara State University, Malete, P.M.B. 1530, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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Sudip Maity
  • Sudip Maity
  • Liquid Fuels Section, Central Institute of Mining and Fuels Research (Digwadih Campus), PO FRI 828108, Dhanbad, India.
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  •  Received: 10 November 2015
  •  Accepted: 10 December 2015
  •  Published: 31 January 2016

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