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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 02, 1976
Filed:
Aug. 16, 1973
Applicant:
Inventor:
John D Paynter, , KY (US);
Assignee:
Exxon Research and Engineering Company, Linden, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; C10G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252415 ; 208140 ;
Abstract
In a process for redispersion of the iridium agglomerates (irridium and/or iridium oxide) of a deactivated iridium-containing catalyst, especially a platinum-iridium catalyst, in ferrous metal equipment, wherein the agglomerated iridium, or agglomerated platinum and iridium, is redispersed and the catalyst reactivated by sequential prereduction-halogen treatments, the improvement comprising adding and maintaining small amounts of water with the halogen to suppress ferrous metal corrosion and catalyst contamination during the required treatment with halogen.