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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 01, 2010
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2009
James Frank Brazdil, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Richard J George, Oswego, IL (US);
Bruce I Rosen, Park Ridge, IL (US);
James Frank Brazdil, Glen Ellyn, IL (US);
Richard J George, Oswego, IL (US);
Bruce I Rosen, Park Ridge, IL (US);
BP Chemicals Limited, Middlesex, GB;
Abstract
A catalyst composition and its use for the oxidation of ethane to ethylene and acetic acid which comprises (i) a support, and (ii) in combination with oxygen, the elements molybdenum, vanadium and niobium, optionally tungsten and a component Z, which is one or more metals of Group 14 of the Periodic Table of Elements; a, b, c, d and e represent the gram atom ratios of the elements Mo, W, Z, V and Nb respectively, such that 0<a≦1; 0≦b<1 and a+b=1; 0.05<c≦2; 0<d≦2; and 0<e≦1.