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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2015
Filed:
Apr. 25, 2014
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Paul Joseph Andersen, Plymouth Meeting, PA (US);
Hai-Ying Chen, Conshohocken, PA (US);
Joseph Michael Fedeyko, Glen Mills, PA (US);
Erich Weigert, Newtown Square, PA (US);
Johnson Matthey Public Limited Company, London, GB;
Abstract
A method of using a catalyst comprises exposing a catalyst to at least one reactant in a chemical process. The catalyst comprises copper and a small pore molecular sieve having a maximum ring size of eight tetrahedral atoms. The chemical process undergoes at least one period of exposure to a reducing atmosphere. The catalyst has an initial activity and the catalyst has a final activity after the at least one period of exposure to the reducing atmosphere. The final activity is within 30% of the initial activity at a temperature between 200 and 500° C.