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Sued Chemie Mt S.r.l.

Esterino Conca

Carlo Rubini

Guido Petrini

Luigi Cavalli

Marcello Marchi

Robert J O'Brien

Samantha E Sargent

Xd Hu

Carlo Rubin

Highly pure iron oxides are prepared by reaction of metallic iron, in the form of microspheroidal particles or of scraps or cuttings, with an agitated aqueous solution of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid with a pKa of 0.5 to 6 relative to the first carboxyl and capable of decomposing, by heating in air at 200 to 350&#xb0; C., to carbon dioxide and water, using 0.03 to 1.5 moles of acid per g-atoms of iron, a water/iron weight ration of 1 to 20, and by oxidation of the ferrous carboxilate to ferric salt, with an agent selected from oxygen, mixtures containing oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxides and hydroperoxides.

Method for preparing iron oxides

A process for producing a high surface area iron material, comprising predominantly low crystalline iron oxides, starting with a low surface area iron metal is disclosed. The iron material of the present invention has a surface area of at least about 200 m/g, and is prepared via a method which comprises reacting a low surface area iron metal with oxygen and an organic acid. The high surface area iron material formed via this method is essentially free of contaminants.

Preparation of iron oxides

Process for preparing a catalyst for the oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, comprising reacting iron powder and molybdenum trioxide in a Mo/Fe ratio from 1.5 to 5 in an aqueous suspension at temperatures from 20 to 100&#xb0; C., and subsequently, optionally simultaneously, oxidizing the mixture with an oxidizing agent in a quantity equal to, or greater than the quantity required for the oxidation of the ferrous ion to ferric ion and to oxidize the molybdenum to the valence state 6.

Method for preparing a catalyst for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde

A method for producing a high surface area iron material starting with a low surface area iron metal is disclosed. The iron material of the present invention has a surface area of at least about 200 m/g, and is prepared via a method which comprises reacting a low surface area iron metal with oxygen and an organic acid. The high surface area iron material formed via this method is essentially free of contaminants.

High surface area iron material prepared from a low surface area iron metal precursor

Catalysts for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde, comprising a catalytic mixtures of Fe(MoO)/MoO, wherein the Mo/Fe atomic ratio ranges from 1.5 to 5, and a compound of cerium molybdenum and oxygen in a quantity from 0.1 to 10% by weight expressed as cerium.

Catalysts for oxidation of methanol to formaldehyde

Highly pure iron oxides are prepared by reaction of metallic iron, in the form of microspheroidal particles or of scraps or cuttings, with an agitated aqueous solution of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid with a pKa of 0.5 to 6 relative to the first carboxyl and capable of decomposing, by heating in air at 200 to 350 &#xb0; C., to carbon dioxide and water, using 0.03 to 1.5 moles of acid per g-atoms of iron, a water/iron weight ration of 1 to 20, and by oxidation of the ferrous carboxilate to ferric salt, with an agent selected from oxygen, mixtures containing oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxides and hydroperoxides.

Highly pure iron oxides are prepared by reaction of metallic iron, in the form of microspheroidal particles or of scraps or cuttings, with an agitated aqueous solution of a mono- or polycarboxylic acid with a pKa of 0.5 to 6 relative to the first carboxyl and capable of decomposing, by heating in air at 200 to 350&deg; C., to carbon dioxide and water, using 0.03 to 1.5 moles of acid per g-atoms of iron, a water/iron weight ration of 1 to 20, and by oxidation of the ferrous carboxilate to ferric salt, with an agent selected from oxygen, mixtures containing oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, organic peroxides and hydroperoxides.

Catalysts for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene to styrene which comprise iron oxide, oxides of alkaline and alkaline-earth metals, oxides of the lanthanide series, oxides of metals of the sixth group, prepared from a paste of iron oxide impregnated with an aqueous solution of a cerium salt, treated with aqueous KOH and calcined, after drying, to preform potassium ferrate, to which the other components or precursors of the catalyst are then added.

Catalysts for dehydrogenating ethylbenzene to styrene

Catalysts in the form of cylindrical hollow granules, suitable for the dehydrogenation of ethylbenzene to styrene, and comprising, as active component, ferric oxide and promoters chosen among oxides of alkaline or alkaline-earth metals, oxides of elements of the lanthanide series, and chromium, tungsten, and molybdenum oxides, characterized by the absence of macroporosities with a radius of more than 50,000 .ANG. and/or by high mechanical characteristics of resistance to axial breaking and to abrasion.

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