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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:
May. 23, 1978
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1976
Applicant:
Inventors:
Saul G Hindin, Mendham, NJ (US);
Joseph C Dettling, Jackson, NJ (US);
Assignee:
Engelhard Minerals & Chemicals Corporation, Iselin, NJ (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C01B / ; C01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
4236 / ; 252373 ; 252463 ; 423656 ;
Abstract
Catalytic compositions particularly useful in the production of hydrogen from methanol, especially by steam reforming, which comprises a mixture of zinc oxide, copper oxide, thorium oxide and aluminum oxide whereby the activity and activity maintenance of the catalytic composition is superior relative to a composition otherwise substantially the same but lacking thoria.