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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:
Aug. 30, 1977
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1976
Thomas E Kiovsky, Houston, TX (US);
Milton M Wald, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
The reaction of hydrogen and carbon oxides (carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide) to form methane at temperatures above 500.degree. C is promoted by carrying out the reaction in the presence of a molten metal salt-based catalyst system comprising a molten metal salt carrier selected from the class consisting of the halides and carbonates of alkali metals and alkaline earth metals and the halides of zinc, copper, manganese, cadmium, tin and iron, and mixtures thereof, melting below 1000.degree. C; said molten salt having dispersed therein one or more catalytically active metals selected from the class consisting of iron, molybdenum, manganese, nickel, cobalt, zinc, titanium, silver, copper and thorium in the form of finely divided elemental metals, metal oxides and/or metal carbides.
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