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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:
Apr. 18, 1995
Filed:
May. 10, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Klaus Herzog, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Stefan Boeck, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Wolf D Mross, Frankenthal, DE;
Juergen Plueckhan, Frankenthal, DE;
Karl-Heinz Boehning, Frankenthal, DE;
Ewald Gallei, Viernheim, DE;
Assignee:
BASF Aktiengesellschaft, Ludwigshafen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502317 ; 502344 ; 502348 ;
Abstract
A silver catalyst containing one or more alkali metals and also tungsten as promotors for the direct oxidation of ethylene with oxygen to form ethylene oxide, on a porous support substantially consisting of .alpha.-aluminum oxide and having a specific surface area (BET) of from 0.3 to 3 m.sup.2 /g, which contains tungsten in a concentration of from 60 to 330 ppmwt, based on the total catalyst, per m.sup.2 of surface area for each gram of supporting material.