US4323482A
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Catalyst and method of preparation
Assignee: DELAWARE A NOT FOR PROFIT CORP OF, University of
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Filing: 1981-01-26
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Granted: 1982-04-06
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Expires: 2001-01-26
Abstract
Abstract A catalyst for the manufacture of organic compounds comprising an intimate mixture of a reducible metal oxide and at least one refractory oxide, treated by heating to a temperature in the range of 550 DEG C. to 1000 DEG C. in the presence of a preselected reducing gas in amount sufficient to substantially inhibit or disrupt crystallite growth as evidenced by characteristic x-ray diffraction pattern, concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity, and the method of preparation.
Inventors
- 👤 Alvin B. Stiles
- 👤 Glenn L. Schrader, Jr.
Bibliographic Details
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 14:26
CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/70; B01J23/76; B01J23/84; B01J23/85; B01J23/86; B01J23/866; B01J37/00; B01J37/16; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S502/00; Y10S502/50; Y10S502/502; Y10S502/523
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
86 words
A catalyst composition comprising an intimate mixture of at least two metal oxides one of which is reducible to either a sub-oxide or substantially to the elemental metal state whereas the other is a refractory oxide which is substantially non-reducible, which mixture has been exposed to a reducing gas in sufficient quantity and at a temperature in the range of 550° C. to 1000° C. to cause a substantial inhibition or disruption of crystallite growth as evidenced by x-ray diffraction pattern analysis, concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
86 words
A catalyst composition comprising an intimate mixture of at least two metal oxides one of which is reducible to either a sub-oxide or substantially to the elemental metal state whereas the other is a refractory oxide which is substantially non-reducible, which mixture has been exposed to a reducing gas in sufficient quantity and at a temperature in the range of 550° C. to 1000° C. to cause a substantial inhibition or disruption of crystallite growth as evidenced by x-ray diffraction pattern analysis, concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
51 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 in which said reducible oxide is that of a metal or metals of the group consisting of thallium, tin, vanadium, antimony, bismuth, ruthenium, rhodium, palladium, platinum, iridium, osmium, silver, tungsten, cadmium, zinc, cerium, chromium, cobalt, copper, gadolinium, indium, iron, lead, manganese, molybdenum and nickel.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
51 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 in which said refactory oxide is that of a metal or metals of the group consisting of aluminum, barium, beryllium, boron, calcium, gallium, silicon, titanium, hafnium, niobium, tantalum, uranium, chromium, indium, lanthanum, cerium and the remaining rare earths, magnesium, strontium, thorium, zinc and zirconium.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
44 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 in which said reducible oxide consists of nickel oxide either alone or in intimate mixture with chromium oxide, plus at least one refractory oxide of the group consisting of magnesium, lanthanum, cerium, zirconium, calcium, thorium and aluminum.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
14 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 in which said reducing gas is hydrogen.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 in which said reducing gas is carbon monoxide, either alone or in mixture with hydrogen.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
12 words
A catalyst composition according to claim 1 mounted on a refractory support.
Claim 9
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for the manufacture of a catalyst composition comprising, in the following sequence: (a) co-precipitating a salt of a reducible metal having catalytic properties together with a salt of a metal capable of forming a refractory oxide, (b) calcining the co-precipitate of step (a) in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a temperature above about 300° C. for a period of time sufficient to produce a reducible metal oxide in mixture with a refractory metal oxide, and (c) heating the metal oxide mixture of step (b) in contact with a reducing gas at a temperature in the range of 550° C. to 1000° C. for a time sufficient to cause a substantial inhibition or disruption of crystallite growth as evidenced by X-ray diffraction pattern analysis concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity.
Claim 10
Independent Claim
128 words
A method for the manufacture of a catalyst composition comprising, in the following sequence: (a) co-precipitating a salt of a reducible metal having catalytic properties together with a salt of a metal capable of forming a refractory oxide, (b) calcining the co-precipitate of step (a) in an oxygen-containing atmosphere at a temperature above about 300° C. for a period of time sufficient to produce a reducible metal oxide in mixture with a refractory metal oxide, and (c) heating the metal oxide mixture of step (b) in contact with a reducing gas at a temperature in the range of 550° C. to 1000° C. for a time sufficient to cause a substantial inhibition or disruption of crystallite growth as evidenced by X-ray diffraction pattern analysis concomitantly enhancing catalytic activity.
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