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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2008
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2002
Martin John Hayes, Royston, GB;
Chandresh Malde, Reading, GB;
Michael Ian Petch, Reading, GB;
Stephen David Pollington, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Brian Ronald Charles Theobald, Reading, GB;
Martin John Hayes, Royston, GB;
Chandresh Malde, Reading, GB;
Michael Ian Petch, Reading, GB;
Stephen David Pollington, Tyne and Wear, GB;
Brian Ronald Charles Theobald, Reading, GB;
Johnson Matthey PLC, London, GB;
Abstract
A catalyst suitable for the dehydrogenation and hydrogenation of hydrocarbons comprises at least one first metal and at least one second metal bound to a support material. The at least one first metal comprises at least one transition metal, suitably a platinum group metal. The support material is provided with an overlayer such that acidic sites on the support material are substantially blocked. In a preferred embodiment the catalyst is also substantially chloride free. Method of preparing catalyst are also disclosed.