Supports for silver catalysts utilized in the production of ethylene oxide
US4242235A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 23, 1978 |
| Grant date | Dec 30, 1980 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 23, 1998 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S502/509
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
Silver catalysts for vapor phase synthesis of ethylene oxide by reacting oxygen or gaseous mixtures containing same with ethylene, characterized by the use as support of a porous material having a specific surface area of less than 10 sq. m/g, a total volume of porosity of between 0.1 and 0.6 cm.sup.3 /g and a bimodal distribution of the porosity.
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