Chemical and physical behavior of CoFe2O4 in steam-iron process with methanol

- CoFe2O4 can be used for chemical loop processing to produce hydrogen from methanol.
- Mössbauer spectroscopy allow characterizing material at various steps of the process.
- Short reduction time is needed to limit coke and carbide formation and sintering.
- A third step with partial re-oxidation of the material is needed to complete the cycle.