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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:
Nov. 29, 1977
Filed:
Nov. 04, 1974
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi, Ltd., , JA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
252373 ; 252459 ; 252462 ; 2524 / ; 252474 ; 4821 / ;
Abstract
A process for steam reforming of hydrocarbons utilizing a catalyst comprising at least 3% by weight, preferably 10, to 30% by weight of nickel per weight of the catalyst, at least 2 mg-atoms of silver per 100 g of the catalyst; if necessary at least one of rare earth elements such as lanthanum, cerium, yttrium, praseodimium, neodimium, or a mixture of rare earth elements in an atomic ratio of the rare earth elements to silver of 10 or less, preferably 0.2 to 2.0; and a heat-resistant oxide carrier such as alumina, silica, magnesia, titania, zirconia, beryllia or thoria.