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Catalyst for dehydrogenating ethyl benzene to produce styrene

US6551958B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Assignee

BASF SE

Inventors

Michael Baier · Frankfurt, DE
Otto Hofstadt · Altrip, DE
Wolfgang Jürgen Pöpel · Darmstadt, DE
Hermann Petersen · Burghausen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 26, 2000
Grant date	Apr 22, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 26, 2020

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02P20/52
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A process for the preparation of a catalyst comprising iron oxide, potassium oxide, a magnesium compound and a cerium compound, wherein the catalyst has one or more Fe/K phases K2O.Fe2O3 1:n, where n is a natural number from 1 to 11, and a process for the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene.

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