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Antifoulants for thermal cracking processes

US4552643A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 1985
Grant dateNov 12, 1985
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Expiry dateJan 22, 2005

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S585/95
  • WIPO fieldBasic materials 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 a combination of tin and copper, a combination of antimony and copper and a combination of tin, antimony and copper.

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