Abstract: Rhodium-spinel catalysts with activity for efficiently catalyzing the net partial oxidation of methane at high selectivities for CO and H2 products are disclosed, along with their method of making. A syngas production process employing such catalysts for the net catalytic partial oxidation of a C1-C5 hydrocarbon (e.g., natural gas or methane) to a product gas mixture comprising CO and H2 is also disclosed. Preferred reaction conditions include maintaining the catalyst at a temperature of about 400-1,200° C., superatmospheric pressure, and flow rate sufficient to pass the reactant gas mixture over the catalyst at space velocities of at least about 100,000-25,000,000 hr?1.

Abstract: In a process for producing lithium titanate, a mixture of titanium dioxide and at least one lithium compound selected from the group consisting of lithium carbonate, lithium hydroxide, lithium nitrate, and lithium oxide is presintered at a temperature of 670° C. or more and less than 800° C. to yield a composition consisting of TiO2 and Li2TiO3 or a composition consisting of TiO2, Li2TiO3 and Li4Ti5O12. The composition is then sintered at a temperature in the range of 800 to 950° C.