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formance for each catalyst starting material; the optimal
conversion, yield, and selectively clearly would likely
correspond to different reaction conditions. However, such
a determination would be useful for the practical selection
of a catalyst.
A cknowledgment
This work was conducted through the Ames Laboratory,
which is operated for the U S. Department of Energy by
Iowa State University under Contract W-7405-Eng-82.
This work was supported by the Office of Basic Energy
Sciences, Chemical Sciences Division.
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