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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:
Jul. 03, 1990
Filed:
Feb. 27, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Norman N Lichtin, Newton Center, MA (US);
Junchang Dong, Brookline, MA (US);
Assignee:
Boston University, Boston, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
20415746 ; 20415752 ; 423352 ;
Abstract
A photopromoted catalytic method of producing ammonia by the reduction of molecular nitrogen is provided using a solid metal oxide catalyst and molecular hydrogen as the reducing agent. Pure gaseous nitrogen can be reduced by gaseous hydrogen in the absence of water using a photopromoted reaction which uses solar and/or artificial photoenergy.