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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, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 10, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Rasto Brezny, Catonsville, MD (US);
Assignee:
W. R. Grace & Co.-Conn., New York, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01J / ; B01J / ; C01F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
502302 ; 4232391 ; 423263 ; 502303 ; 502304 ; 502308 ;
Abstract
A powder composition of ceric oxide and a stabilizing non-noble metal oxide, such as zirconium oxide, mixed at the atomic level in complete solid solution. The powder is used to form washcoats for catalytic converters. The composition has high oxygen storage capacity and maintains an ultrafine crystallite size at high temperatures. The powder is formed by a spray pyrolysis process that includes atomizing a clear solution of cerium ions and ions of the non-noble metal into a fine mist that is passed rapidly through a furnace to form powder particles.