기체크로마토그래프에 직접 연결한 펄스 반응장치를 이용하여 10wt％ Ag/α-Al₂O₃ 촉매상에서 에틸렌 부분산화반응을 수행하였다. 산소가 분자흡착상태로 존재하기 어려운 실험온도에서 산소를 주입한 후 에틸렌을 주입하였을 때 산화에틸렌이 발생하였으며, 이 결과로부터 원자상태의 흡착산소가 산화에틸렌 생성에 관여함을 알 수 있었다. 흡착산소량과 몸체산소량을 감소시키면 산화에틸렌의 선택도는 감소하였다. 생성된 산화에틸렌은 에틸렌과 흡착산소로 분해되거나 아세트알데히드로 이성질화되었으나, 아세트알데히드로의 이성질화반응은 먼저 흡착된 산소에 의해서 크게 억제되었다.

Partial oxidation of ethylene over 10wt％ Ag/α-Al₂O₃ catalyst was studied with a pulse reactor which was connected directly to a G. C. When ethylene was injected after oxygen injection at the temperature where molecular adsorption of oxygen is difficult, ethylene oxide was evolved. From the results, it is suggested that adsorbed atomic oxygen is related with the evolution of ethylene oxide. The selectivity to ethylene oxide decreased with the decrease of the amounts of adsorbed oxygen and bulk oxygen. Ethylene oxide was either decomposed to ethylene and adsorbed oxygen or isomerized to acetaldehyde. However, the isomerization of ethylene oxide to acetaldehyde was strongly suppressed by the preadsorbed oxygen.