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Antifoulants for thermal cracking processes

US4666583A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1986
Grant dateMay 19, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2006

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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 gallium and tin and a combination of gallium and antimony.

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