Patents by Inventor Khader, Mahmoud M.

Khader, Mahmoud M. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Partially reduced ferric oxide catalyst for the making of ammonia via the photoassisted reduction of molecular nitrogen and method for the preparation of the catalyst
    Patent number: 4703030
    Abstract: A novel, activated catalyst is provided for the synthesis of ammonia via the photoassisted reduction of molecular nitrogen by water. The novel catalyst is an incompletely reoxidized hydrogen reduced ferric oxide which is prepared by the reduction of an iron oxide such as .alpha.-Fe.sub.2 O.sub.3 in an atmosphere of water vapor and hydrogen followed by oxidation oxygen or in air. The use of the activated catalyst in photoassisted methods for synthesis of ammonia produces yields of ammonia which are many times the stoichiometric equivalent of the Fe(II) in the catalyst employed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1987
    Assignee: Trustees of Boston University
    Inventors: Khader, Mahmoud M., Norman N. Lichtin