Yoshida Kogyo K.k.

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Koichi Moriyama

Hatsuo Hirono

Hideo Fukui

Akihisa Inoue

Tsuyoshi Masumoto

Hisamichi Kimura

Ikuya Matsuura

The present invention provides a process for producing a perovskite-type oxide catalyst. The process comprises the steps of reacting an aqueous solution containing plural metal salts, such as chloride, sulfate, nitrate, etc., and an aqueous solution of a neutralizer such as alkali carbonate, alkali hydroxide, ammonia, etc., so as to cause coprecipitation of neutral salts and firing the coprecipitated salts to provide a perovskite-type oxide. At least one organic substance selected from the group consisting of cellulose, polyvinyl acetate, polyethylene, polystyrene, polypropylene, polyvinyl alcohol, starch, gelatin and saccharide is added prior to the firing step. The addition of the organic substance makes possible the attainment of a highly active perovskite-type oxide catalyst composed of very fine particles (primary particles).

Process for producing perovskite-type oxide catalyst

The specification discloses an alloy catalyst for oxidation of hydrogen which is prepared by heat treating a material comprising an amorphous alloy represented by the formula: Zr.sub.x Co.sub.(100-x) (wherein 10 atomic %.ltoreq..times..ltoreq.80 atomic %), according to the following three-steps in an oxidizing atomsphere: first heat-treatment step at a temperature at which the foregoing alloy stably exists as an amorphous single phase; second heat-treatment step at a temperature at which the alloy exists as a mixed phase of a metastable phase and an amorphous phase; and third-heat treatment step at a temperature at which the alloy is entirely transformed into a crystalline phase. The alloy catalyst of the present invention is a highly active catalyst for oxidation of hydrogen and exhibits a superior catalytic efficiency especially in catalytic combustion of hydrogen and in deoxidation and dehydrogenation of a gas mixture of hydrogen and oxygen.

Alloy catalyst for oxidation of hydrogen

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Koichi Moriyama