PMID- 18590280 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20080911 LR - 20080801 IS - 1520-6882 (Electronic) IS - 0003-2700 (Linking) VI - 80 IP - 15 DP - 2008 Aug 1 TI - In situ determination of hydrogen inside a catalytic reactor using prompt gamma activation analysis. PG - 6066-71 LID - 10.1021/ac800882k [doi] AB - Prompt gamma activation analysis (PGAA) has been further developed to analyze reacting components inside a chemical reactor. The new method, in situ PGAA, was used to determine the hydrogen-to-palladium molar ratio under various conditions of palladium-catalyzed alkyne hydrogenation. The H/Pd molar ratio was successfully measured in the range of 0.1-1.0 in an approximately 2-g catalytic reactor containing a few milligrams of palladium catalyst. The amount of hydrogen was only a few tens of micrograms, and the detection limit was approximately 5 microg, i.e., at ppm level compared to the whole reactor. The description of the device, methodological developments, a feasibility study, and results of a series of catalytic measurements are presented. FAU - Revay, Zsolt AU - Revay Z AD - Institute of Isotopes, H-1525 Budapest, Hungary. revay@iki.kfki.hu FAU - Belgya, Tamas AU - Belgya T FAU - Szentmiklosi, Laszlo AU - Szentmiklosi L FAU - Kis, Zoltan AU - Kis Z FAU - Wootsch, Attila AU - Wootsch A FAU - Teschner, Detre AU - Teschner D FAU - Swoboda, Manfred AU - Swoboda M FAU - Schlogl, Robert AU - Schlogl R FAU - Borsodi, Janos AU - Borsodi J FAU - Zepernick, Roger AU - Zepernick R LA - eng PT - Journal Article DEP - 20080701 PL - United States TA - Anal Chem JT - Analytical chemistry JID - 0370536 EDAT- 2008/07/02 09:00 MHDA- 2008/07/02 09:01 CRDT- 2008/07/02 09:00 PHST- 2008/07/02 09:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2008/07/02 09:01 [medline] PHST- 2008/07/02 09:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1021/ac800882k [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Anal Chem. 2008 Aug 1;80(15):6066-71. doi: 10.1021/ac800882k. Epub 2008 Jul 1.