The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 28, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 11, 1977
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jean-Rene Bernard, St. Symphorien d'Ozon, FR;
Pierre Turlier, Lyons, FR;
Jacques Bousquet, Irigny, FR;
Assignee:
Societe Nationale Elf Aquitaine, Paris, FR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ; C10G / ; C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
585310 ; 208111 ; 208112 ; 585752 ; 585905 ;
Abstract
Ethane is produced from alkanes by introducing a mixture of hydrogen and alkanes into a reactor at a spatial velocity V and a total pressure P on a catalyst at the temperature T. The catalyst is constituted by at least one metal selected from iridium and rhodium incorporated in a support of inert refractory oxide in which SO.sub.4.sup.-- sulphate ions are not present.