We have shown that WO 3 and MoO 3 with Pt or Pd additives exhibit high catalytic activity in the reaction of H 2 oxidation. In the temperature range 313 K to 353 K, we have studied the kinetic behavior of the reaction on 0.1 mass % Pt(Pd)/WO 3 and Pt(Pd)/MoO 3 samples. We have established that the kinetics of H 2 oxidation on these catalysts correspond to an Eley -Rideal mechanism.Key words: oxidation of H 2 , partially reduced oxides WO 3 and MoO 3 , supported platinum and palladium, reaction kinetics.Trioxides WO 3 or MoO 3 , promoted with small amounts of platinum group metals, are used as high-activity catalysts for processes of hydrogenation, isomerization, and oxidation of hydrocarbons [1][2][3], and also are sensitive elements for electrochromic devices [4] and semiconductor adsorption gas sensors [5][6][7].The increase in catalytic activity and specific surface area of the indicated oxides upon addition of Pt or Pd is due to formation of two-phase systems during their reduction by hydrogen: trioxide/hydrogen-containing oxide bronze [7,8]. We showed earlier that adding Pt or Pd to WO 3 leads to a significant increase in the specific surface area and catalytic activity of the oxide in oxidation of H 2 , as a result of a change in the chemical composition of the catalyst [9]. We used X-ray phase analysis to establish that in this case, the oxide bronze H x WO 3 and the oxide WO 2.9 are formed.The aim of this work was to determine the effect of the conditions for reduction of the trioxides WO 3 and MoO 3 by hydrogen in the presence of Pt or Pd on their catalytic activity in oxidation of H 2 , and also to study the kinetic behavior of this reaction.Catalysts based on WO 3 and MoO 3 were prepared by impregnation of the oxides with aqueous solutions of H 2 PtCl 6 and PdCl 2 calculated on the basis of 0.1 and 0.5 mass % of the metal within the composition of the sample; they were dried at 293 K and reduced by hydrogen (10% H 2 in Ar) at a temperature of 438 K (1 h) and 673 K (1 h and 5 h).The specific surface area of the catalysts (S sp ) was measured by low-temperature desorption of argon. The catalytic activity of the samples was studied in a flow-through apparatus under atmospheric pressure. The flow rate of the reaction mixture was 0.1 L/min; the weight of the catalyst was 0.5 g. The components of the reaction mixture were analyzed by chromatography. As the characteristic of the catalytic activity of the samples, we used the temperature at which a certain conversion of H 2 was achieved. The phase composition of the samples was determined by X-ray phase analysis (STOE STAPIDI diffractometer, MoK a radiation).According to X-ray phase analysis data, in the diffraction spectra of the catalysts based on MoO 3 containing 0.1 and 0.5 mass % Pt or Pd we observe intense peaks corresponding to the orthorhombic phases a 1 -and a 2 -MoO 3 (space group Pbmn, a = 3.961, b = 13.858, c = 3.695 Å and a = 3.963, b = 13.882, c = 3.707 Å respectively) and compounds obtained during reduction 0040-5760/05/4105-0329