Johnson Matthey Inc.

Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company

Paul John Collier

Alison Mary Wagland

John Breen

Stanislaw Edmund Golunski

Robert Burch

John West

Patricia Blanco-Garcia

A getter composition suitable for gettering hydrogen comprises a first metal oxide and a second metal oxide, said first metal oxide being more readily reducible in hydrogen at temperatures between 0&#xb0; C. and 100&#xb0; C. than said second metal oxide.

Hydrogen getter

A solid catalyst carrier substrate coated with a surface area-enhancing washcoat composition including a catalytic component, a metal oxide and a refractory fibrous or whisker-like material having an aspect ratio of length to thickness in excess of 5:1.

Catalyst carrier substrate coated with washcoat comprising fibrous material

A process for producing para-xylene by the selective methylation of toluene comprising contacting a reactant mixture comprising toluene, methanol and added water, with an oxide modified ZSM-5 zeolite catalyst in a flow reactor in conditions selected to limit coke formation on the catalyst and at a contact time, between reactant mixture and catalyst, of less than 1 second.

Process for producing paraxylene by methylating toluene with methanol at a low contacting time

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Paul John Collier