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Antifoulants comprising tin antimony and aluminum for thermal cracking processes

US4686201A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateMay 21, 1985
Grant dateAug 11, 1987
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Expiry dateMay 21, 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 aluminum, a combination of aluminum and antimony and a combination of tin, antimony and aluminum.

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