Introductory information

  Filename (filenames correspond to the nomenclature used for the figures in the manuscript):

	Figure 4(a): in this file there are data of the concentration of carbon dioxide measured for each temperature (under three different inlet gas mixtures) and each sample used in the corresponding figure in the manuscript.
	Figure 4(b): in this file there are data of the concentration of carbon dioxide measured for each for each partial pressure of carbon monoxide (under three different inlet gas mixtures) and each sample used in the corresponding figure in the manuscript.
	Figure 5: in this file there are data of the concentration of carbon dioxide measured versus time and each sample used in the corresponding figure in the manuscript.
	Figure 6: in this file there are data of the concentration of carbon dioxide measured versus time for the SO2 poisoning experiment for each sample used in the corresponding figure in the manuscript.	
	

  Dates of data collection:

December 2014 - August 2016

  Key words used to describe the data topic:

	temperature dependance, carbon monoxide kinetics, sulphur poisoning, long term activity


Methodological information

  The carbon dioxide (CO2) concentration in the product stream was analysed using a XTREAM-CO2 analyser provided by Rosemount.The XTREAM-CO2 analyser provided the CO2 concentration in part per million (ppm) units. The XTREAM-CO2 analyser was connected with a PC for continuous data recording (1 gata point per second).
  The concentration of CO2 (in ppm) was then converted to a CO2 production rate and nominal turn over frequency (nTOF) using the equations (1) and (4) respectively (the equations can be found in the manuscript).For Fig. 6b the A*Ae term in equation 4 is approximately 390m2. For Fig. 6c the A*Ae term in equation 4 is approximately 50m2.

Data-specific information

	Figure 4(a): 
		
		Temperature: the temperature the data were collected (Units:in degrees of Celcius)
		CO2: the concentration of carbon dioxide (Units: part per million, ppm)

	Figure 4(b): 

		p(CO): the partial pressure of carbon monoxide the data were collected (Units:kilopascal)
		CO2: the concentration of carbon dioxide (Units: part per million, ppm)

	Figure 5: 

		Time: the time in long term catalytic activity experiment (Units:hours)
		CO2: the concentration of carbon dioxide (Units: part per million, ppm)

	Figure 6: 

		Time: the time in SO2 poisoning experiment (Units:hours)
		CO2: the concentration of carbon dioxide (Units: part per million, ppm)