Catalytic decomposition of dinitrogen monoxide

US5612009A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• BASF SE

Inventors

• Thomas Fetzer · Speyer, DE
• Wolfgang Buechele · Ludwigshafen, DE
• Hermann Wistuba · Mannheim, DE
• Claus Witte · Annaberg-Buchholz, DE
• Gert Buerger
• Guenter Herrmann · Vellmar, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 28, 1994
• Grant date: Mar 18, 1997
• Expiry date: Feb 28, 2014

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y02C20/10
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A supported silver-containing catalyst for the decomposition of dinitrogen monoxide as pure gas or in admixture with other gases and having an aluminum oxide support which has a specific surface area of from 26 to 350 m.sup.2 /g, and a process for the selective catalytic decomposition of dinitrogen monoxide as pure gas or in admixture with other gases at elevated temperature, in which the said supported catalyst is used.