Catalyst for the conversion of methane

Patent · Tue Oct 25 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:6549641

Hicks, R F

This patent describes a catalyst for converting methane in the presence of oxygen into higher hydrocarbon products consisting essentially of (1) a base metal oxide where the metal is selected from the group consisting of metals of (a) Group IIA metals of the Periodic Table excluding Mg, which are Be, Ca, Sr, Ba and mixtures thereof; and (b) Sc, Y, rare earth metals of the Periodic Table excluding Ce, Pr, and Tb, which are La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu mixtures thereof; and (2) a promoter oxide present in an amount of up to 50 wt% of the mixture where the metal is selected from the group consisting of (a) Group IA metals of the Periodic Table, which are Li, Na, and K provided that the base metal oxide is not just selected from (1)(a) alone; (b) Group IIA metals of the Periodic Table excluding Mg, which are Be, Ca, Sr, and Ba provided that base metal oxide is not just selected from (1)(a) alone; (c) Sc,Y, and rare earth metals of the Periodic Table excluding Ce, Pr, and Tb, which are La, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb, and Lu, provided that the base metal oxide is not just selected from (1)(b) alone; and (d) mixtures thereof.

• Assignee: W.R. Grace and Co., Conn., New York, NY
• Patent Number(s): US 4780449
• OSTI ID: 6549641
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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