Abstract:
OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST COMPRISING AT LEAST ONE METAL SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF NICKEL, COBALT OR IRON IN COMBINATION WITH TIN, PHOSPHORUS, COMBINDED OXYGEN AND, OPTIONALLY, AN ALKALI METAL MATERIL, IS SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED BY IMPREGNATING SUCH CATALYST WITH ADDITIONAL TIN.
Abstract:
IN THE PREPARATION OF UNSATURATED NITRILES BY CATALYTIC OXIDATION OF PROPYLENE OR ISOBUTYLENE WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN IN THE PRESENCE OF AMMONIA USING A CATALYST COMPRISING OXIDES OF MOLYBDENUM, BISMUTH AND IRON, THE RESULTING UNSATURATED NITRILES ARE IPROVED IN YIELD BY USE OF A NOVEL CATALYST PREPARED BY INCORPORATING OXIDES OF COBALT AND ALKALI METALS (AT LEAST ONE OF SODIUM AND POTASSIUM) INTO SAID CATALYST IN SUCH A MANNER THAT THE ATOMIC RATIO OF MO/BI/FE/CO/NAT (OR K) MAY BE 12 1-11/1-9/1-6 0.5-2, WHEREIN THE SUM OF ATOMS OF BI AND CO IS CONTROLLED WITHIN 6-12, PREFERABLY 12/3.5-7/29/2-5/1/1. THE CATALYST IS USEFUL AS AN INDUSTRIAL CATALYST HAVING A HIGH CATALYST ACTIVITY AS WELL AS LONG LIFE, WHICH IS PARTICULARLY SUITABLE FOR USE IN A FLUIDIZEDBED REACTOR FOR THE PREPARATION OF UNSATURATD NITRILES FROM PROPYLENE AND ISOBUTYLENE.
Abstract:
A CATALYST USEFUL FOR THE OXIDATION OF ORGANIC COMPOUNDS, PARTICULARLY THE PARTIAL OXIDATION OF BENZENE WITH MOLECULAR OXYGEN TO PRODUCE MALEIC ANHYDRIDE, COMPRISES THE OXIDES OF MOLYBENUM AND VANADIUM AND A MINOR AMOUNT OF BORON. A PREFERRED FORM OF THE CATALYST FURTHER INCLUDES PHOSPHORUS AND AT LEAST ONE MEMBER OF THE GROUP CONSISTING OF COBALT, NICKEL AND IRON, AND SODIUM.
Abstract:
HYDROCARBON NCONVERSION CATALYSTS HAVING MARKEDLY IMPROVED CHARACTERISTICS ARE PREPARED FROM INTIMATE ADMIXTURES OF FORAMINOUS ALUMINA-CONTAINING REFRACTORY OXIDES AND ION EXCHANGEABLE ALUMINUM-CONTAINING COMPOSITES, SUCH AS CRYSTALLINE ALUMIOSILICATE ZEOLITES, SILICAALUMINA COGELS, AND THE LIKE, UPON IMPREGNATION WITH A STRONG ACIDIC SOLUTION CONTAINING GROUP VIII AND GROUP VI METAL COMPOUNDS AND AN ACID OF PHOSPHORUS AT A PH BELOW 3.
Abstract:
A CATALYST FOR THE PREPARATION OF PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE WHICH COMPRISES VANADIUM PENTOXIDE. TITANIUM OXIDE AND POTASSIUM SULFATE AND A PROCESS FOR PREPARING PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE BY THE USE OF SAID CATALYST. THE MOLAR RATIO OF V205/TI02/K2S04 IS 1/0.1-5/0.01-0.2.
Abstract:
Preparation of a carrier-supported catalyst consisting of oxides of iron, bismuth, molybdenum and optionally silver and phosphorus in the atomic ratio of Ag0 1.5Fe0.1 12 Bi0.1 12P0 5Mo12O30 110, and of silicon carbide, aluminum oxide or silicon dioxide as the carrier. The catalyst is prepared in two steps. In the first step a porous carrier is impregnated at least once with an aqueous solution of a molybdenum compound and the water is evaporated; in the second step, the said carrier is impregnated at least once, at temperatures of between 20* and 100*C, with an aqueous nitric acid solution of iron, bismuth and optionally silver nitrates and optionally phosphoric acid; after the last impregnation, the carrier so treated is allowed to remain in contact with the said aqueous nitric acid solution for a period of between 5 and 24 hours, water and nitric acid are evaporated with continuous agitation of the carrier, and the carrier with the said salts adhered thereto is dried at temperatures of between 100* and 300*C, and annealed at temperatures of between 450* and 550*C.
Abstract:
A TIN/PHOSPHORUS/GROUP IA OR IIA OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION CATALYST, SUBSEQUENT TO HEATING, IS IMPREGNATED WITH ADDITIONAL TIN AND THEN IS HEATED TO IMPROVE THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF THE CATALYST.
Abstract:
SUPPORTED CATALYSTS FOR THE OXIDATION OF AROMATIC OR UNSATURATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS TO CARBOXYLIC ACIDS OR ANHYDRIDES, CONSISTING OF AN INERT NONPOROUS CARRIER AND AN ACTIVE COMPOSITION OF 1 TO 40 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE AND 60 TO 90 PARTS BY WEIGHT OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE AND ALSO 0.01 TO 10% BY WEIGHT (WITH REFERENCE TO THE AMOUNT OF VANADIUM PENTOXIDE) OF A PHOSPHOROUS COMPOUND, THE VANADIUM PENTOXIDE CONTENT OF THE WHOLE SUPPORTED CATALYST BEING 0.05 TO 3% BY WEIGHT. THE CATALYSTS ARE USED ESPECIALLY FOR THE PRODUCTION OF PHTHALIC ANHYDRIDE FROM O-XYLENE.
Abstract:
A HYDROTREATING CATALYST CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A POROUS XEROGEL CONTAINING (A) TUNGSTEN, IN THE FORM OF METAL, METAL OXIDE, METAL SULFIDE, OR ANY COMBINATION THEREOF, IN AN AMOUNT OF 5 TO 25 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SAID XEROGEL, CALCULATED AS METAL; (B) DISCRETE SUBSTANTIALLY INSOLUBLE METAL PHOSPHATE PARTICLES (1) BEING DISPERSED IN SAID XERGEL, (2) CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE METAL PHOSPHATE SELECTED FROM PHOSPHATES OF TITANIUM ZIRCONIUM, THORIUM, TIN, HAFNIUM AND CERIUM, AND (3) CONTAINING PHOSPHORUS, OR A COMPOUND THEREOF, IN AN AMOUNT OF 1.3 TO 6.6 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SAID XEROGEL CALCULATED AS PHOSPHORUS; (C) SILICA, IN AN AMOUNT OF 0.5 TO 13 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SAID XEROGEL; AND (D) ALUMINA, IN AN AMOUNT OF AT LEAST 30 WEIGHT PERCENT OF SAID XEROGEL.
Abstract:
A process for preparing a catalyst comprising a metallic catalytic agent on a particulate carrier is disclosed which provides improved uniformity of distribution and fineness of division with narrowness of particle size distribution of the metallic catalytic agent on the carrier. The particles of carrier are suspended by agitation in an aqueous solution of a salt of the metallic catalytic agent and of a source, on heating in aqueous solution, of hydroxyl ions. The suspension is heated in a sealed vessel above 100* C to precipitate the metal or the particles with uniformity of distribution and fineness of division with narrowness of particle size distribution. The metal is converted by conventional procedures to the appropriate active, oxidized or reduced, state. The process is particularly significant with carriers, such as alumina and silica, that in alkaline media are liable to undergo structural charges.