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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Aug. 09, 1994
Chakka Sudhakar, Wappingers Falls, NY (US);
Robert K Beckler, Lexington, VA (US);
James R Miller, Mt. Pleasant, SC (US);
Mahendra S Patel, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Westvaco Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Texaco, Inc., White Plains, NY (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a phosphorus treated activated carbon composition suitable for use as catalyst support, catalyst, and an adsorbent, which is produced by treating (e.g., by mixing or impregnating) an activated carbon material having a surface area greater than 100 m.sup.2 /g with a phosphorus-containing compound, drying, and heating to a temperature of from 450.degree. C. to about 1200.degree. C., wherein the resulting composition is characterized by a phosphorus compound combined with the carbon in the amount of from above 2.5% to about 10% phosphorus, based on the weight of the composition.