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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:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 13, 1989
Applicant:
Inventor:
John F Brennan, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Assignee:
UOP, Des Plaines, IL (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502263 ; 502412 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a whole cell support and a method of preparing the support. The support comprises alumina and diatomaceous earth characterized in that the support has interconnected pores which are at least 5 microns in diameter and preferably has a pore volume greater than about 0.3 mL/g. The support is prepared by forming a mixture of an aluminum sol and a diatomaceous earth forming spheres from the mixture by using the oil drop method and then calcining at a temperature of about 1000.degree. to about 1450.degree. C.