Veg-gasinstituut N.v.

Carolus M Mesters

John Wilhelm Geus

Eugene G Kuijpers

Onno L Gijzeman

A copper-nickel catalyst containing on an inert, refractory carrier metallic copper and nickel as active component bound to the carrier, characterized in that

Copper-nickel catalyst and process for its production

A process for the production of hydrogen with simultaneous formation of carbon dioxide by reacting carbon monoxide with steam at elevated temperatures in the presence of a catalyst which essentially consists of a refractory oxidic carrier having a high specific surface area loaded with metallic copper of a purity of more than 90% by weight, a fraction of at least 1% by weight of said metallic copper calculated as % by weight of the total weight of the copper and carrier being present as particles of a size of less than 20 nm.

Process for the production of hydrogen

A process for the production of a catalyst containing metallic copper, silver, gold, platinum or palladium in finely divided form as basic metal and at least one metal of Group VIII of the Periodic System of Elements as active component on an inert, refractory support, the catalyst containing the basis metal being heated to a temperature above 100.degree. C. and one or more carbonyls of metals different from the basis metal and belonging to Group VIII of the Periodic System of Elements being allowed to act on the heated catalyst so that those metals are alloyed into the basis metal. The invention also refers to catalysts obtained by such process.

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Carolus M Mesters