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Link to the article in question: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20214-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20214-z They call it 'renewable'
by laputan_machine 6y ago
Link to the article in question: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20214-z https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20214-z
They call it 'renewable' yet use Iron as a catalyst. I'm not a chemist - how is that renewable?
- westurner 6y agoYao, B., Xiao, T., Makgae, O.A. et al. "Transforming carbon dioxide into jet fuel using an organic combustion-synthesized Fe-Mn-K catalyst." Nat Commun 11, 6395 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20214-z https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20214-z
- codesnik 6y agocatalysts are not consumed in the reaction, by definition
- nayuki 6y agoAlso, a catalyst only speeds up a reaction. It does not change the thermodynamics of a reaction. An irreversible reaction with the addition of a catalyst is still irreversible.