Abstract: Hydrothermally synthesized catalysts comprising a mixed metal oxide are utilized to produce unsaturated carboxylic acids by the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane, or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene, in the presence thereof; or to produce unsaturated nitrites by the vapor phase oxidation of an alkane, or a mixture of an alkane and an alkene, and ammonia in the presence thereof.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process for preparing a catalyst for the polymerization of olefins, which comprises:

Abstract: A mixed metal oxide, which may be an orthorhombic phase material, is improved as a catalyst for the production of unsaturated carboxylic acids, or unsaturated nitrites, from alkanes, or mixtures of alkanes and alkenes, by contact with a liquid contacting member selected from the group consisting of organic acids, alcohols, inorganic acids and hydrogen peroxide.

Abstract: Catalysts which are useful in the fluorination of halogenated hydrocarbons by HF in the gas phase are obtained by simple impregnation of a bulk chromium oxide with a solution of a nickel derivative, the chromium oxide used exhibiting a BET specific surface of greater than 150 m2/g and a pore volume of greater than 0.15 ml/g.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst support and to a method for the production of the catalyst support comprising the following steps: a) production of a silicic acid hydrogel having a solids content of from 10 to 25% by weight (calculated as SiO2) whose particles are substantially spherical, b) extraction of the hydrogel particles with an alcohol until at least 60% of the water present in the hydrogel has been removed, c) drying of the resultant hydrogel until the residual alcohol content is less than 10% by weight (xerogel formation) at temperatures of ≧160° C. at atmospheric pressure using an inert entraining gas, d) setting of the desired particle size of the resultant xerogel, in which the hydrogel particles have a particle size of ≧8 mm before the extraction, and to a catalyst and to a method for the production of the catalyst by loading the catalyst support with a chromium compound. The invention also relates to a method for the production of polyolefins using the catalyst.

Abstract: Provided is a selective hydrogenation process for producing aminonitriles by contacting the corresponding dinitriles with a hydrogen-containing fluid in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst, a solvent and a fluoride additive.

Abstract: A solid carbonylation catalyst useful for producing esters and carboxylic acids from reactants including lower alkyl alcohols and lower alkyl alcohol producing compositions in a vapor phase carbonylation process wherein the catalyst includes a catalytically effective amount of a Group VIII metal selected from platinum or palladium, and tungsten which are associated with a solid catalyst support material.

Abstract: Active fluoride catalysts that are useful in producing electrophilic fluorination agents; especially useful in producing BDM from the reaction of fluorine with carbon dioxide and FTM from the reaction of fluorine with carbonyl fluoride. The fluoride catalyst comprises a mixture of two or more fluorides selected from a transition metal fluoride, an alkali metal fluoride and/or an alkaline earth metal fluoride. Alternately, the fluoride catalyst is one or more fluorides, such as alkali metal fluorides, alkaline earth metal fluorides, and/or transition metal fluorides, deposited on an inert support.

Abstract: A process for preparing a fluorination catalyst using a low pressure activating step followed by a high pressure activating step.

Abstract: The invention relates to a homogeneous bed of catalyst particles comprising at least one amorphous matrix, at least one noble metal, at least one additional metal M and at least one halogen, and in which, for a catalyst particle: CPt is the local concentration of noble metal; CM is the local concentration of additional metal M; Cx is the local concentration of halogen; in which catalyst particle bed the local dispersion of the value of CPt/CM or CPt/Cx is termed homogeneous along the diameter of the particle, which corresponds to at least 70% of the values CPt/CM or CPt/Cx deviating by a maximum of 30% from the local average ratio. The invention also relates to a process for transforming hydrocarbons into aromatic compounds with the catalyst, such as a gasoline reforming process and a process for producing aromatic compounds.

Abstract: A method of preparing pentafluoroethane wherein chlorine-containing carbon compounds are fluorinated in the presence of chromium catalysts that are in an amorphous state and wherein the main component is chromium compounds with the addition of at least one metal element selected from the group composed of indium, gallium, cobalt, nickel, zinc and aluminum and the average valence of the chromium in said chromium compounds is not less than +3.5 but not more than +5.0. And said chromium catalysts and a preparation method thereof. A method of preparing pentafluoroethane wherein the total yield of chlorofluoroethane by-products can be decreased without significantly deteriorating the generation activity of the pentafluoroethane and compounds which can be recycled in the reaction system. And to provide catalysts for this fluorination and a preparation method thereof.

Abstract: A fluorination catalyst comprising chromium oxide having a specific surface area of from 170 m2/g to 300 m2/g, which can catalyze the fluorination of a halogenated hydro-carbon with hydrogen fluoride and has a high activity and a long catalyst life.

Abstract: A catalyst body comprising a carrier and a catalyst layer containing an alkali metal and/or an alkaline earth metal, loaded on the carrier, which catalyst further contains a substance capable of reacting with the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal, dominating over the reaction between the main components of the carrier and the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal. With this catalyst body, the deterioration of the carrier by the alkali metal and/or the alkaline earth metal is prevented; therefore, the catalyst body can be used over a long period of time.

Abstract: A process for producing high density polyethylene, the process comprising polymerising ethylene, or copolymerising ethylene and an alpha-olefinic comonomer comprising from 3 to 10 carbon atoms, in the presence of a catalyst system comprising first and second chromium-based catalysts, the first chromium-based catalyst having been reduced and reoxidised and the second chromium-based catalysts having been activated, fluoridised before or during the activation step, and reduced, the first and second chromium-based catalysts having a pore volume difference of at least 0.8 cc/g.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for changing the fluorine content of halogenated hydrocarbons containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in the presence of a multiphase catalyst. The process involves producing the catalyst by heating a single phase solid catalyst precursor having the formula (NH3)6Cr2−xMxF6 (where x is in the range of 0.1 to 1 and M is at least one metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Sc, V, Fe, Ga and In) to about 400° or less to produce a multiphase composition wherein a phase containing crystalline M fluoride is homogeneously dispersed with a phase containing chromium fluoride. Also disclosed are multiphase catalyst compositions consisting essentially of chromium fluoride and a crystalline fluoride of at least one metal selected from the above group (provided the atom percent of Cr is at least equal to the atom percent of the crystalline fluoride metals). Phases of the crystalline fluorides are homogeneously dispersed with phases of the chromium fluoride.

Abstract: The present invention provides catalysts and processes for the fluorination of hydrohalomethanes. In particular, the invention provides a process for the fluorination of hydrohalomethanes using hydrogen fluoride and a Lewis Acid catalyst. More specifically, catalysts and a process for the fluorination of dichloromethane are provided.

Abstract: The invention relates to a catalyst comprising: a matrix consisting of 0 and 100% by weight of &lgr; transition alumina, the complement up to 100% by weight of the matrix being in &ggr; transition alumina, and relative to the total weight of the catalyst, from 0.001 to 2% by weight of silicon, from 0.1 to 15% by weight of at least one halogen chosen from the group formed by fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, from 0.01 to 2% by weight of at least one noble metal from the platinum group, from 0.005 to 10% by weight of at least one promoter metal chosen from the group formed by tin, germanium, indium, gallium, thallium, antimony, lead, rhenium, manganese, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten, and if required from 0.001 to 10% by weight of a doping metal.

Abstract: Fluorine contained within a photocatalyst layer containing titanium oxide and other metallic oxide semiconductors increases the metallic oxide's photocatalytic activity. The described photocatalyst may be in the form of either film, flake, particulate, or fiber. In addition, it can be used for coating the surface of a base material of various forms, such as sheet, film, flake, particulate, bar, or fiber. When using a base material that has an alkaline-containing glass composition, establishing a fluorine-containing layer, such as a layer of fluorine-containing silicon dioxide and other metallic oxide, between the photocatalyst film and the base material can prevent the deterioration of photocatalytic activity of the photocatalyst layer. The fluorine-containing layer functions as an alkaline barrier that controls the diffusion and migration of alkali metallic ions in the glass fibers, such as Na ions, into the photocatalyst layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to a process of activating a supported acid catalyst, and consists in the conversion of Lewis acid-type acid sites which are deposited on a solid substrate into activated acid sites in a non-oxydizing acid medium. The catalyst is exposed to a phase of activation in a medium containing a holohydric acid or a halohydric acid precursor, in the presence of at least one preferably parafinic hydrocarbon or hydrocarbon derivative, at a temperature greater than 20° and preferably between 100° C. and 250° C., and at a pressure of between 105 and 50,106 Pa, for a length of time sufficient to ensure conversion into activated acid sites.

Abstract: Mixed fluorination catalyst comprising one or more nickel and chromium oxides, halides and/or oxyhalides deposited on a support composed of aluminium fluoride or of a mixture of aluminium fluoride and alumina, characterized in that the weight of nickel/weight of chromium ratio is between 0.08 and 0.25, preferably between 0.1 and 0.2.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for increasing the fluorine content of a saturated or olefinic halogenated hydrocarbon starting material of the formula C.sub.n H.sub.a Cl.sub.b F.sub.c, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 6, a is an integer from 0 to to 12, b is an integer from 0 to 13 and c is an integer from 0 to 13. The process involves contacting the starting material in the vapor phase at a temperature in the range of about 150.degree. C. to about 500.degree. C. with HF and a catalytic metal supported on a trivalent lanthanum compound support (the catalytic metal being chromium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, magnesium, copper, silver and/or gold). Certain catalytic compositions including catalytic metal (e.g., chromium, nickel, cobalt, zinc and/or magnesium) supported on a support at trivalent lanthanum compound containing fluoride anion are also disclosed. The atomic ratio of catalytic metal to lanthanum in the compositions is from about 1:1 to 1:999.

Abstract: The present invention provides a novel catalyst system which can be preferably used in the trimerization, oligomerization reaction or polymerization reaction of an olefin, and a method for the trimerization, oligomerization or polymerization reaction of an olefin, which comprises using the catalyst system. A catalyst system obtained by contacting the following components (A) to (C):(A) a chromium compound,(B) an imine compound, and(C) a metal alkyl compound, and a method for the trimerization, oligomerization or polymerization reaction of an olefin, which comprises using the catalyst system are disclosed.

Abstract: Processes are disclosed for decreasing the chlorine to carbon ratio for halogenated hydrocarbons containing chlorine and from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in the presence of a multiphase catalyst. The processes each involve (1) preparing a single phase solid catalyst precursor which has a structure that collapses at a temperature of about 400.degree. C. or less and has the formula (NH.sub.3).sub.6 Ru.sub.l-r-s Co.sub.r Cr.sub.s MF.sub.6, where r+s is in the range of 0.00 to 0.99, and M is at least one trivalent metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Fe, V, Sc and Ga; and (2) producing the multiphase catalyst by heating the single phase solid catalyst precursor to about 400.degree. C. or less in an non-oxidizing atomsphere to produce a multiphase composition wherein a phase containing ruthenium is homogeneously dispersed with a phase containing metal fluoride.Also disclosed are single phase fluoride compositions having the formula (NH.sub.3).sub.6 Ru.sub.l-r-s Co.sub.r Cr.sub.s MF.sub.

Abstract: Procedure for the preparation of a solid carrier for olefin polymerization catalysts, comprising the steps:a) impregnating a silica with Mg-chloride solubilized in ethylbenzoate, in the presence of further electron donors,b) optionally drying the impregnated silica obtained in (a) and impregnating it with a solution of Mg-alkyls in SiCl.sub.4 at a temperature from -10 to 20.degree. C. and subsequently treating the obtained slurry at a temperature from 40.degree. C. to reflux temperature, optionally adding a further amount of electron donors,c) drying the obtained carrier.The carrier which is obtained according to the above procedure is advantageously used for the preparation of supported catalysts for the polymerization of olefins.

Abstract: A catalyst system comprising alumina, at least one carburized transition metal, and at least one halogen component, and a method of preparing such catalyst system which comprises incorporating at least one transition metal compound into alumina thereby forming a transition metal-alumina compound; carburizing the transition metal-alumina compound thereby forming a carburized transition metal-alumina compound; and incorporating at least one halogen component into the carburized transition metal-alumina compound, are disclosed. The thus-obtained catalyst system is employed as a catalyst in the isomerization of a hydrocarbon feedstock comprising saturated hydrocarbons.

Abstract: Propylene is oxidized to propylene oxide in the vapor phase using an oxygen-containing gas and a supported silver catalyst comprising silver and a support comprised in whole or in substantial part of certain alkaline earth metal compounds. The alkaline earth metal compound may, for example, be a calcium compound such as calcium titanate, tribasic calcium phosphate, calcium molybdate, or calcium fluoride, a magnesium compound such as magnesium aluminate, or a strontium compound such as strontium titanate. Such supports provide significantly higher selectivity to the desired epoxide than would be expected from the performance of related materials. Propylene oxide selectivity may be further enhanced through the introduction of nitrogen oxide species such as NO, alkyl halides such as ethyl chloride, and carbon dioxide into the oxygen-containing gas.

Abstract: The present invention provides a polymerization catalyst comprising (a) a specific transition metal compound, (b) (i) a compound which can form a complex by reaction with the transition metal compound of component (a) or (ii) a specific compound containing oxygen, and optionally, (c) an alkylating agent, and a process for producing polymers in the presence of said polymerization catalyst.By using the polymerization catalyst of the present invention, decrease in the contents of residual metals in obtained polymers, simplification of the process for producing polymers, and reduction of the production cost of polymers can be achieved, and polymers having a high molecular weight can be obtained.

Abstract: Fluorine contained within a photocatalyst layer containing titanium oxide and other metallic oxide semiconductors increases the metallic oxide's photocatalytic activity. The described photocatalyst may be in the form of either film, flake, particulate, or fiber. In addition, it can be used for coating the surface of a base material of various forms, such as sheet, film, flake, particulate, bar, or fiber. When using a base material that has an alkaline-containing glass composition, establishing a fluorine-containing layer, such as a layer of fluorine-containing silicon dioxide and other metallic oxide, between the photocatalyst film and the base material can prevent the deterioration of photocatalytic activity of the photocatalyst layer. The fluorine-containing layer functions as an alkaline barrier that controls the diffusion and migration of alkali metallic ions in the glass fibers, such as Na ions, into the photocatalyst layer.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hydrotreated catalyst comprising a support, at least one group VI metal, silicon, boron, optionally at least one metal from group VIII of the periodic table, optionally phosphorus, and optionally a halogen, also a particular preparation of this catalyst. The invention also concerns the use of the catalyst for hydrotreating hydrocarbon feeds.

Abstract: A method for removing high molecular weight solid and liquid tars and oligomers from halogenated Lewis acids catalysts is disclosed. The Lewis acids incorporating such tars and oligomers are treated with an oxidizing agent such as chlorine, a halogen fluoride or mixtures thereof for a time and at a temperature sufficient to oxidize said solid tars and oligomers. The oxidation causes such tars and oligomers to form oxidation products, which can be separated from the halogenated Lewis acid.

Abstract: This invention provides a crystalline chromium fluoride having a cubic crystal structure (i.e., chromium trifluoride having an X-ray diffraction powder pattern as shown in Table I); and a catalytic composition comprising cubic chromium trifluoride. This invention also provides a process for changing the fluorine content of halogenated hydrocarbons containing from one to six carbon atoms, in the presence of a chromium-containing catalyst. The process is characterized by the chromium-containing catalyst comprising cubic chromium trifluoride.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for producing branched aliphatic ketones in hydrocarbon mixtures from isoalkanes by a superacid catalyzed formylation-rearrangement reaction. The method can be used to simultaneously isomerize, if necessary, and formylate hydrocarbons in complex hydrocarbon mixtures such as refinery streams, alkylate mixtures, and natural gas liquids. Natural gas liquids of low octane number are upgraded and oxygenated by adding to the natural gas liquids or reactively producing in the liquids branched aliphatic ketones.

Abstract: Fluorination process of halogenated organic compounds with gaseous anhydrous HF characterized in that a catalyst comprising a supported Cr(III) amorphous compound is used, wherein the support consists in an aluminum trifluoride (AlF.sub.3) having an high surface area and an high pore volume obtainable by fluorination with gaseous HF of alumina having surface area of at least 150 m.sup.2 /g and pore volume not lower than 0.3 cc/g and wherein said alumina comprises from 0.5 up to 15% by weight of silicon oxide, the chromium amount being comprised between 1 and 20% by weight.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrocracking catalyst containing nickel, tungsten, fluorine, zeolite as well as alumina, said catalyst is composed of, based on the total weight of the catalyst, 0.5-5.0 wt % fluorine, 2.5-6.0 wt % nickel oxide, 10-38 wt % tungsten oxide, and a catalyst carrier. Said carrier is composed of 20-90 wt % alumina and 10-90 wt % zeolite wherein the zeolite is mesopore or macropore zeolite of an acidity strength value 1.0-2.0 mmol/g determined by NH.sub.3 -TPD, the alumina is the alumina of an acidity strength value 0.5-0.8 mmol/g determined by NH.sub.3 -TPD. Said catalyst possesses good desulfurization activity, denitrogenation activity, and higher selectivity with respect to middle distillates than that of the prior art.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst comprising :a matrix consisting of a mixture of .eta. transition alumina, .gamma. transition alumina, andat least one doping metal chosen from the group made up of titanium, zirconium, hafnium, cobalt, nickel, zinc, the lanthanides, the alkali metals and alkaline-earth metals,at least one halogen chosen from the group made up of fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine,at least one noble metal from the platinum group, andat least one promoter metal chosen from the group made up of tin, germanium, indium, gallium, thallium, antimony, lead, rhenium, manganese, chromium, molybdenum and tungsten.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a hydrofining catalyst. The catalyst has the following composition based on the total weight of the entire catalyst composition: 1-5%(wt.) nickel oxide, 12-35% (wt.) tungsten oxide, 1-9% (wt.) fluorine, and the balancing amount of composite alumina. Said composite alumina is composed of one or several kinds of micropore alumina and one or several kinds of macropore alumina, wherein the weight ratio of micropore alumina to macropore alumina is 75:25 to 50:50. The term "micropore alumina" in the context means the alumina in which the volume of the proe of diameter less than 80 angstrom occupies more than 95% of its total pore volume, while the term "macropore alumina" in the contest means the alumina in which the volume of the pore of diameter 60-600 angstrom occupies more than 70% of its total pore volume. The pore distribution mentioned above is determined by BET method of nitrogen adsorption at low temperature.

Abstract: The invention relates to a heterogeneous metathesis catalyst containing a support, a metal compound chosen from the group consisting of tungsten, rhenium and molybdenum, and a promoter, the promoter consisting of a niobium compound. The catalyst according to the invention has a high activity at low temperatures. The invention also relates to a process for the metathesis of olefins.

Abstract: A process for producing a catalyst carrier for an olefin polymerization comprising:(i) passing a mixture to be emulsified comprised of (A) a halogenated magnesium adduct and (B) a dispersion medium through an emulsifying apparatus comprised of (1) a conduit for passage of the mixture to be emulsified, (2) a vibrator element disposed in the conduit and vibrating in the axial direction of the conduit, and (3) a vibration device for giving the vibration movement to the vibrator element; and(ii) quenching the resultant mixture.

Abstract: A method for preparing a fluorination catalyst is disclosed, wherein the catalyst contains chromium oxide, has a specific surface area of from 170 m.sup.2 g to 300 m.sup.2 /g, catalyzes the fluorination of a halogenated hydrocarbon with hydrogen fluoride, and has a high activity and long catalyst life. The method includes mixing an aqueous solution of a chromium salt with aqueous ammonia to precipitate chromium hydroxide, drying the precipitated chromium hydroxide, sintering the dried chromium hydroxide, and fluorinating the sintered chromium hydroxide to obtain the chromium oxide catalyst.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a supported catalyst for the polymerization of .alpha.-olefins, in which(1) a silicon dioxide-containing support gel is prepared by(1.1) introducing a sodium water glass or potassium water glass solution into a swirling stream of an aqueous mineral acid longitudinally and tangentially to the stream, spraying the resultant silica hydrosol in drop form into a gaseous medium and allowing it to solidify to form a hydrogel, and freeing the resultant hydrogel from salts by washing without prior ageing,(1.2) drying the hydrogel resulting from (1.1) to form the support gel,(2) the support gel (1) is charged with chromium trioxide or a chromium compound which can be converted into chromium trioxide under the conditions of process step (3), giving a chromium-containing support gel, and(3) the chromium-containing support gel (2) is heated at from 400.degree. to 1100.degree. C.

Abstract: Process is disclosed for preparing a highly fluorinated alkane by contacting halogenated alkenes or alkanes with hydrogen fluoride in the presence of a catalyst which produces a super acid environment. Also, performing the fluorination process by using equipment having a corrosion resistant surface. The corrosion resistant surface may be provided by explosively cladding a corrosion resistant material onto a base metal.

Abstract: A process is disclosed for changing the fluorine content of halogenated hydrocarbons containing from 1 to 6 carbon atoms, in the presence of a multiphase catalyst, which is characterized by preparing certain single phase solid catalyst precursors containing two metal components (e.g., a divalent component of Mn, Co, Zn, Mg and/or Cd and a trivalent component of Al, Ga, Cr and/or V) which have structures that collapse at about 600.degree. C. or less; and producing said catalyst by heating the precursor to produce a multiphase composition wherein a phase containing one of the metal components is homogeneously dispersed with a phase containing the other metal component, and at least when the precursor contains no fluoride, contacting said multiphase composition with a vaporizable fluorine-containing fluorination compound at a temperature of from about 200.degree. C. to 450.degree. C. Also disclosed are single phase fluoride compositions having the formula MM'F.sub.5 (H.sub.2 O).sub.

Abstract: The invention concerns a catalytic composition for olefin disproportion (also known as metathesis) produced by dissolving a tungsten and/or molybdenum compound, more particularly a tungsten and/or molybdenum halide substituted with one or more phenoxo groups containing at least two hydrocarbon substituents in the ortho, ortho' positions, in a medium produced by mixing at least one quaternary ammonium halide and/or at least one quaternary phosphonium halide, at least one aluminum halide, and an organometallic aluminum compound.The invention also concerns an olefin disproportion process using this composition.

Abstract: There are a catalyst for producing 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane represented as Cr.sub.a L.sub.b M.sub.c O.sub.x F.sub.y wherein L is Mg or Ca; M is one element selected from a group consisting of Ce, Ni, Zn, and Al; and each value of a, b, c, x and y are all between 0 and 2, and a method for preparing the same comprising the steps of: producing an admixture of a composition comprising chromium hydroxide hydrate and magnesium chloride or calcium chloride in a weight ratio of Cr to Mg or Ca ranging from 1:0.3 to 1:10 with an aqueous metal salt solution; reacting the admixture with an aqueous HF solution to give a paste; and sintering the paste.

Abstract: A halogenated hydrocarbon having 1 to 4 carbon atoms is brought into contact with hydrogen fluoride in a gaseous phase in the presence of a catalyst prepared by firing a substance composed mainly of chromium(III) hydroxide in the presence of hydrogen at a temperature of 350.degree. to 500.degree. C. or a catalyst prepared by heat-treating the above substance in an inert gas stream at a temperature of 100.degree. to 600.degree. C. and then firing the heat-treated substance in the presence of hydrogen at the above temperature or any one of catalysts prepared by partially fluorinating the above catalysts.

Abstract: To produce hydrofluorocarbons with high productivity, and to provide a catalyst for that purpose and a production method of the catalyst, there is provided a chromium-based fluorination catalyst comprising Cr, Ga, O and F as the essential constituent elements, wherein a Ga/Cr atomic ratio is from 0.001 to 0.15. The catalyst is prepared by particularly fluorinating a precursor of an oxide or a hydroxide. HF and a halogenated hydrocarbon are brought into contact in a gaseous phase in the presence of this catalyst.

Abstract: A fluorination catalyst comprising indium, chromium, oxygen and fluorine as essential constituent elements thereof. The catalyst is prepared by fluorinating a catalyst precursor comprising indium and chromium elements by bringing it into contact with hydrogen fluoride or a fluorine-containing halogenated hydrocarbon at a temperature of 300.degree. to 500.degree. C. A halogenated hydrocarbon is fluorinated by bringing it into contact with hydrogen fluoride in a gaseous phase in the presence of the catalyst.

Abstract: A process for the preparation of a supported catalyst for the polymerization of .alpha.-olefins, in which(1) a silicon dioxide-containing support gel is prepared by(1.1) introducing a sodium water glass or potassium water glass solution into a swirling stream of an aqueous mineral acid longitudinally and tangentially to the stream, spraying the resultant silica hydrosol in drop form into a gaseous medium and allowing it to solidify to form a hydrogel, and freeing the resultant hydrogel from salts by washing without prior ageing,(1.2) drying the hydrogel resulting from (1.1) to form the support gel,(2) the support gel (1) is charged with chromium trioxide or a chromium compound which can be converted into chromium trioxide under the conditions of process step (3), giving a chromium-containing support gel, and(3) the chromium-containing support gel (2) is heated at from 400.degree. to 1100.degree. C.

Abstract: A process for the manufacture of aromatic dicarboxylic acids is disclosed using a low bromine to metals ratio facilitated by the use of cerium along with the cobalt and manganese catalyst. Aromatic dicarboxylic acids such as terephthalic acid are useful in the manufacture of fiber, films, bottles and molded products.

Abstract: A method of enhancing the activity of a catalyst for the hydroprocessing of hydrocarbons, comprising:(a) applying a modifying element dissolved in a solvent onto the surface of a finished catalyst;(b) drying said modified finished catalyst to remove all free solvent from said catalyst;(c) optionally, heating said dried, modified finished finished catalyst at a temperature of about 120.degree. C. to about 1000.degree. C. at a rate of 1.degree.-20.degree. C. per minute, and holding said dried catalyst at a temperature of about 120.degree. C. to about 1000.degree. C. up to 48 hours to provide an enhanced finished catalyst; and(d) recovering said enhanced finished catalyst.