“…Metals that have been studied for this reaction include Co, Cu, Fe, Ir, Ni, Pd, Pt, Re, Rh, Ru, and W (Rostrup-Nielson, 1973;Taylor et al, 1974;Klimisch and Taylor, 1975;Friedlander et al, 1977a,b;Gates et al, 1979;Ertl and Huber, 1980;McCabe, 1980;Tsai et al, 1985). Metals with a moderate heat of formation, such as Ru, Co, lr, and Ni are superior (Gates et al, 1979).…”