Disclaimer

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Abstract

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Table of Contents

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Introduction

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Background

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Work Statement

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Objectives

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Scope

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Tasks

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Deliverables

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Executive Summary

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Results and Discussion based on Experiments

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Chemical and Physical Properties of Unsupported and Supported Fe Catalysts Prepared by Aqueous and Nonaqueous Methods

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Fe Crystallite Diameters from EDX, Compared with XRD, TEM, and H₂ Chemisorption

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C.

CO-Temperature-Programmed Desorption (TPD) and Hydrogenation (TPH)

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CO adsorption and TPD measurements on unsupported iron catalysts by Mass-spectrometer

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TPH measurements by mass-spectrometry

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TPR measurements on supported iron catalysts by TGA and MS

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TPH measurements on supported iron catalysts by TGA

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Activity tests

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Results of Statistically Designed for Determining Kinetic Constants for an FTS Reaction Model

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Collection data

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Determining kinetic coefficients

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Results and Discussion based on First Principles Calculations

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Conclusions and Plans

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Conclusions

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Plans (coming year)

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Schedule of Tasks

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References

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