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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. 07, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Johannes C Oudejans, Maassluis, NL;
Dirk Verzijl, Barendrecht, NL;
Assignee:
Lever Brothers Company, New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502335 ; 502332 ; 502346 ;
Abstract
The invention provides a metal (Z=27-29)/alumina catalyst with an atomic ratio of active metal to aluminum between 12 and 1.5, having an active metal content of at least 75% in the activated catalyst, an active metal surface area between 60 and 150 m.sup.2 /g of metal, characterized in that the soyabean selectivity is below 2%, preferably below 1%. The invention also provides a process for the preparation of these catalysts and a method for the hydrogenation of saturated organic compounds using the catalyst.