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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
May. 17, 2011
Nabil Rizkalla, Rivervale, NJ (US);
Andrzej Rokicki, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Nabil Rizkalla, Rivervale, NJ (US);
Andrzej Rokicki, Mountain Lakes, NJ (US);
Scientific Design Company, Inc., Little Ferry, NJ (US);
Abstract
A process for the preparation of a catalyst useful for the vapor phase production of ethylene oxide from ethylene and oxygen comprising providing a catalyst precursor comprising an inert support having a catalytically effective amount of a silver containing compound, a promoting amount of an alkali metal containing compound, and a promoting amount of a transition metal containing compound disposed thereon; calcining the catalyst precursor to convert the silver in the silver containing compound to metallic silver by heating the catalyst precursor to form a catalyst; and curing the catalyst in an inert gas atmosphere at temperatures of about 250° C. to about 600° C. for a period of about 1 hour to 200 hours.