Umicore Ag & Co Kg

Stefan Zeuner

Rudolf Singer

Dirk Born

Joerg Kopatz

Michael Oechsle

Artur Wiser

Bernd Weber

The invention relates to a wire made of platinum group metals for producing grid catalysts comprising platinum and rhodium. The invention is characterized in that the wire is made as a sheathed wire and consists of a core and one or more sheaths arranged one over the other outwards from the core in a radially symmetrical manner, and the rhodium concentration in the outermost sheath is lower than the rhodium concentration in the sheath or core arranged directly under the outermost sheath.

Precious metal grid for catalyzing gas phase reactions

The present invention relates to a process and a device for joining precious metal sheets () to form structural parts, and to the products () made by the process.

Process and device for connecting oxide-dispersed precious metal sheet using hammer welding

In a first embodiment the invention relates to a process for producing a dispersoid-strengthened material, comprising the steps of: (i) providing metal particles, wherein the metal is selected from platinum group metals, gold, silver, nickel and copper, as well as alloys thereof; (ii) mixing the metal particles with a precursor compound of the dispersoid and solvent; (iii) removing the solvent, so as to obtain metal particles provided with precursor compound; and (iv) compacting the metal particles provided with precursor compound in order to obtain the dispersoid-strengthened material, wherein the precursor compound is converted into the dispersoid during the compacting operation. In a second embodiment the invention relates to a process for producing a dispersoid-strengthened material, comprising the steps of: (i) providing metal particles, wherein the metal is selected from platinum group metals, gold, silver, nickel and copper, as well as alloys thereof, and wherein the metal particles are produced by mechanical processes selected from machining, milling, turning and filing; (ii) mixing the metal particles with a dispersoid or a precursor compound of the dispersoid, as well as solvent; removing the solvent; and compacting the metal particles obtained in step (iii) in order to obtain the dispersoid-strengthened material.

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