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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 05, 1999
Henry W. Schussler, III, Harrison City, PA (US);
PPG Industries Ohio, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
Oxychlorination catalyst is produced by mixing together wet support material, copper chloride or precursor thereof, to form a paste, wherein the wet support material is wet clay, wet silica, wet silica gel, wet alumina, wet diatomaceous earth, or a mixture of two or more thereof; removing water from the paste to produce a substantially dry mixture; and calcining the substantially dry mixture at elevated temperatures to produce a calcined mixture wherein alkali metal chloride or precursor thereof is mixed with the wet support material or an aqueous solution of alkali metal chloride or precursor thereof is applied to the paste, the substantially dry mixture, or the calcined mixture and the water of the aqueous solution is substantially removed. Preferably wet attapulgus clay, cupric chloride, and potassium chloride are mixed to form the paste.