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Method for the decomposition of N2O in the Ostwald process

US7976804B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

W. C. Heraeus GmbH · DE

Inventors

Uwe Jantsch · Blaustein, DE
Jonathan Lund · Kelkheim, DE
Marek Gorywoda · Hanau, DE
Marcus Kraus · Könnern, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 9, 2009
Grant date	Jul 12, 2011
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 9, 2029

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY02C20/10
WIPO fieldChemical engineering
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A catalyst for the decomposition of N2O under the conditions of the Ostwald process, comprising a carrier and a coating made of rhodium, rhodium/palladium or rhodium oxide applied thereto, ensures to yield NO with a particularly low content of laughing gas as the first process product.

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