Platinum-on-graphite catalysts

US5155081A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Werner Steigleiter · Schifferstadt, DE
• Wolfgang Hoelderich · Bischofswerda, DE
• Franz-Josef Weiss · Schifferstadt, DE
• Hugo Fuchs · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Luc Guns · Mannheim, DE
• Gerald Neubauer · Weinheim, DE
• Josef Ritz · Ludwigshafen, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 16, 1991
• Grant date: Oct 13, 1992
• Expiry date: Jul 16, 2011

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B01J23/42
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A platinum-on-graphite catalyst having a platinum content of from 0.01 to 5% w/w, wherein the graphite support has an apparent density of from 1.7 to 2.2 g/ml and the use thereof as a hydrogenation catalyst.