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Antifoulants for thermal cracking processes

US4404087A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 30, 1982
Grant dateSep 13, 1983
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Expiry dateSep 30, 2002

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S585/95
  • WIPO fieldOrganic fine chemistry
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

The formation of carbon on metals exposed to hydrocarbons in a thermal cracking process is reduced by contacting such metals with an antifoulant selected from the group consisting of tin, a combination of tin and antimony, a combination of germanium and antimony, a combination of tin and germanium and a combination of tin, antimony and germanium.

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