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Particles of an alloy of noble metals with non-noble metals

Assignee: Solvay SA
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Filing: 1977-10-14
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Granted: 1983-05-24
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Expires: 1997-10-14
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Abstract

Abstract Particles of alloys of a noble metal chosen from among iridium, osmium, palladium, platinum, rhodium and ruthenium, hereafter represented by M, with at least one non-noble metal chosen among silver, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, copper, tin, germanium, indium, manganese, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, gold, lead, rhenium, thallium, tellurium, technetium, tungsten, vanadium and zinc, hereafter referred to as Me', and Me', representing at least one non-noble metal, characterized in that they correspond to the general formula M.sub.n Me'.sub.m where n represents an integer equal to 1, 2 or 3 and where m represents an integer equal to 1, 2 or 3, and in that their specific surface area is between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and in that the mean diameter of the alloy particles is between 10 and 10,000 A. The particles are prepared by reducing the mixed oxides of the corresponding formula M.sub.n Me'.sub.m O.sub.x They are used as catalyst for dehydrogenation or hydrogenation.

Inventors

  • 👤 Andre Lecloux
  • 👤 Yves Gobillon

Bibliographic Details

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Jurisdiction US
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CPC Classifications
B; B01; B01J; B01J23/00; B01J23/38; B01J23/54; B01J23/66; B01J23/56; B01J23/70; B01J23/89; B01J23/8926; C; C07; C07C; C07C5/00; C07C5/32; C07C5/321; C07C5/324; C07C5/325; C10; C10G; C10G35/00; C10G35/04; C10G35/06; C10G35/085; C10G35/09; C22; C22C; C22C5/00; C22C5/04

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 23
Claim 1
Independent Claim 117 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, wherein said particles correspond to the general formula: M.sub.n Me.sub.m ' wherein M is rhodium and Me' is selected from the group consisting of silver, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, and zinc; m is 1 and n is a whole integer from 1 to 2; said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, and said alloy particles are prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the general formula M.sub.n Me.sub.m 'O.sub.x wherein x is an integer equal to (3n+v')/2 and wherein v' is the valence of the metal Me.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 117 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, wherein said particles correspond to the general formula: M.sub.n Me.sub.m ' wherein M is rhodium and Me' is selected from the group consisting of silver, bismuth, cadmium, cobalt, copper, molybdenum, tungsten, and zinc; m is 1 and n is a whole integer from 1 to 2; said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, and said alloy particles are prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the general formula M.sub.n Me.sub.m 'O.sub.x wherein x is an integer equal to (3n+v')/2 and wherein v' is the valence of the metal Me.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 39 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1 wherein the specific surface area of the alloy particles is between 1 and 500 m 2 /g of alloy and the mean diameter of the alloy particles is between 20 and 5,000 A.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 30 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula RhAg, and crystallise in the face-centered cubic system, the unit cell parameter being a o =4.00 A.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 34 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula RhBi, and crystallise in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =4.08 A and c o =5.56 A.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 32 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 Cd, and crystallise in the centered cubic system, the unit cell parameter being a o =3.18 A.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 32 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 Co, and crystallise in the face-centered cubic system, the unit cell parameter being a o =3.73 A.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 32 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 Cu, and crystallise in the face-centered cubic system, the unit cell parameter being a o =3.76 A.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 36 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 Mo, and crystallise in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.724 A and c o =4.357 A.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 36 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 W, and crystallise in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.730 A and c o =4.40 A.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim 32 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles correspond to the formula Rh 2 Zn, and crystallise in the centered cubic system, the unit cell parameter being a o =2.99 A.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim 16 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein said particles are deposited on a porous inert support.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim 28 words
Alloy particles according to claim 11, wherein the porous support contains an oxide of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of silicon, titanium and aluminum.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim 21 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein the reduction takes place in the presence of a stream of gas containing hydrogen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim 20 words
Alloy particles according to claim 1, wherein the reduction takes place at a temperature of between 100° and 650° C.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim 82 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula RuCo 2 , and crystallize in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.60 A and c o =4.16 A, and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula RuCo 2 O 4 .
Claim 17
Dependent Claim 82 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula RuCo 2 , and crystallize in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.60 A and c o =4.16 A, and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula RuCo 2 O 4 .
Claim 18
Dependent Claim 78 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula RuCoZn, and crystallize in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.61 A and c o =4.18 A, and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula RuCoZnO 4 .
Claim 19
Dependent Claim 78 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula RuCoZn, and crystallize in the hexagonal system, the unit cell parameters being a o =2.61 A and c o =4.18 A, and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula RuCoZnO 4 .
Claim 20
Dependent Claim 74 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula PdCo, and crystallize in the face-centered cubic system, the unit cell parameters being a o =3.75 A and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula PdCoO 2 .
Claim 21
Dependent Claim 74 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula PdCo, and crystallize in the face-centered cubic system, the unit cell parameters being a o =3.75 A and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula PdCoO 2 .
Claim 22
Dependent Claim 89 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula PdBi 2 , and crystallize in the monoclinic system, the unit cell parameters being a o =12.72 A and b o =4.28 A, c o =5.66 A, and β=102° 50', and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula PdBi 2 O 4 .
Claim 23
Dependent Claim 89 words
Alloy particles having a homogeneous and ordered microscopic structure, said particles correspond to the formula PdBi 2 , and crystallize in the monoclinic system, the unit cell parameters being a o =12.72 A and b o =4.28 A, c o =5.66 A, and β=102° 50', and said particles have a specific surface area between 0.5 and 800 m 2 /g of alloy and a mean diameter of between 10 and 10,000 A, said alloy particles prepared by reducing a mixed oxide of the formula PdBi 2 O 4 .

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