Abstract: It has been shown that many oxides and salts can disperse spontaneously onto supports with large surface area~[1]. A typical example studied widely is the dispersion of MoO_3 on γ-Al_2O_3. However, the research work about the dispersion mechanism and kinetics is quite few.
Knozinger etc.~[2] suggested that the dispersion of MoO_3 onto the surface of γ-Al_2O_3 may occur through a "gas phase transport" mechanism mainly by assuming an intermediate MoO_2(OH)_2(g), and the presence of water is necessary. Their conclusion was based on a fact that after heating a mixture of MoO_3 and γ-Al_2O_3 in the presence of H_2O vapour at 450 ℃, the characteristic peak at 950 cm~(-1) of monolayer dispersed MoO_3 in Laser Raman Spectrum (in situ) appears, but after heating the mixture in dry oxygen, it can not be observed...