Investigations of kinetics of p-xylene deep oxidation on CuO/ -Al2O3 and CuO/ZSM-5 have been carried out. Specific surface area and pore size of catalyst samples as well as metallic state characteristics and catalytic properties of copper have been established. Catalyst CuO/ZSM-5 has been found to be more active than the first one, but it expressed lower stability because of less stable active form of Cu2+ on zeolite surface. The study on reaction kinetics in p-xylene complete oxidation has shown that the carriers did not change the common form of kinetic equations, describing processes on the catalysts, but influenced only values of the kinetic constants. The reason of difference in catalytic properties of the studied catalysts is included in difference values of physico-chemical characteristics of catalysts, such as surface area and adsorption capability.
