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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 14, 2009
Randall Clayton Yeates, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John Robert Lockemeyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Marek Matusz, Houston, TX (US);
Randall Clayton Yeates, Sugar Land, TX (US);
John Robert Lockemeyer, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Marek Matusz, Houston, TX (US);
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A process is provided for preparing a carrier which process comprises incorporating into the carrier at any stage of the carrier preparation a strength-enhancing additive. Also provided is the resultant carrier having incorporated therein a strength-enhancing additive and a catalyst comprising the carrier. Also provided is a process for the epoxidation of an olefin employing the catalyst. Also provided is a method of using the olefin oxide so produced for making a 1,2-diol, a 1,2-diol ether or an alkanolamine.