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Antifoulants for thermal cracking processes

US4687567A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 9, 1986
Grant dateAug 18, 1987
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Expiry dateApr 9, 2006

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC07C4/04
  • 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 a combination of elemental indium or an organic compound of indium and tin and a combination of elemental indium or an organic compound of indium and antimony.

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