Polymerization of olefins using ammoniated cobalt salt impregnated carbon catalyst

Claim 1

A METHOD FOR PREPARING SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR LIQUID OLEFINS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING AN OLEFIN HAVING FROM 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM -10*C. TO ABOUT 250*C. USING A CATALYST WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED PRIOR TO POLYMERIZING SAID OLEFINS BY AMMONIATING AN ACTIVATED CARBON WITH AQUEOUS AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, DRYING THE THUS TREATED ACTIVATED CARBON, IMPREGNATING THE THUS TREATED CARBONWITH AN OXYGEN CONTAINING COBALT SALT OF AN ACID CAPABLE OF BEING DECOMPOSED TO COBALT OXIDE WHEN SUBJECTED TO HEATING AT TEMPERATURES NOT OVER 300*C., SAID COBALT SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT NITRATE, COBALT SULFATE, AND COBALT SALTS OF ALKANOIC ACIDS OF 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, DRYING THE COBALT SALT-IMPREGNATED AMMONIATED CARBON THUS OBTAINED, AND HEATING THE COBALT SALT IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON TO TEMPERATURES FROM 200*C. TO 550*C. IN AN INERT ATMOSPHERE.

Claim 2

A METHOD FOR PREPARING SUBSTANTIALLY LINEAR LIQUID OLEFINS WHICH COMPRISES POLYMERIZING AN OLEFIN HAVING FROM 2 TO 10 CARBON ATOMS AT A TEMPERATURE OF FROM -10*C. TO ABOUT 250*C. USING A CATALYST WHICH HAS BEEN PREPARED PRIOR TO POLYMERIZING SAID OLEFINS BY AMMONIATING AN ACTIVATED CARBON WITH AQUEOUS AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE, DRYING THE THUS TREATED ACTIVATED CARBON, IMPREGNATING THE THUS TREATED CARBONWITH AN OXYGEN CONTAINING COBALT SALT OF AN ACID CAPABLE OF BEING DECOMPOSED TO COBALT OXIDE WHEN SUBJECTED TO HEATING AT TEMPERATURES NOT OVER 300*C., SAID COBALT SALT BEING SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT NITRATE, COBALT SULFATE, AND COBALT SALTS OF ALKANOIC ACIDS OF 1 TO 6 CARBON ATOMS, DRYING THE COBALT SALT-IMPREGNATED AMMONIATED CARBON THUS OBTAINED, AND HEATING THE COBALT SALT IMPREGNATED ACTIVATED CARBON TO TEMPERATURES FROM 200*C. TO 550*C. IN AN INERT ATMOSPHERE.