Predict the conversion of glucose to sorbitol in a stirred slurry reactor using pure hydrogen gas at 200 atm and 150°C. The catalyst used is porous Raney nickel, and under these conditions Brahme and Doraiswamy, IEC/PDD, 15,130 (1976) report that the reaction proceeds as follows:

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with solid catalyst H₂(g) + glucose, C6H₁2O6(1) sorbitol, C6H1406(1) (A) (B) mol m³ kg smol -A=r= k'CCB, k' = 5.96 x 10-6, 1.6