Abstract: Process for the reaction of carbon monoxide with steam, with formation of carbon dioxide and hydrogen at elevated temperature in the presence of iron-containing catalysts (shift reaction), in which a catalyst is used, which contains finely divided iron oxide on an inert, thermostable carrier having a high specific surface.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a catalytic structure in the form of sheet or honeycomb for the gas phase reduction of nitrogen oxides. The method comprises: beating an inorganic fiber in water to form a slurry; forming the slurry into a sheet by paper-making means and drying the sheet; impregnating the sheet or a honeycomb structure manufactured therefrom which has a porosity of 60-85% with an impregnating slurry which contains titanium dioxide or its precursor in a concentration at least of 100 g/l and has a viscosity of 5-250 cps. at normal temperatures, drying, and when necessary calcining the structure; and then immersing the structure in a solution containing a catalytically active agent or its precursor, drying and calcining the structure, thereby to provide a porous catalytic structure having titanium dioxide and the catalytically active agent substantially uniformly dispersed and supported therein.

Abstract: A catalyst containing tungsten, an alkali or alkaline earth component, and iron on a support, preferably silica gel, is disclosed which is useful in reverse disproportionation of stilbene and ethylene to produce styrene.

Abstract: A catalyst is provided which comprises a crystalline silica zeolite, a hydrogenation component and a support. The catalyst may be a physical mixture of the zeolite and the supported hydrogenation component or a composite catalyst. Hydrocarbon hydroprocessing processes such as hydroconversion and hydrodesulfurization utilizing the catalyst are also provided. The catalyst is particularly suited for the simultaneous pour point reduction and hydrodesulfurization of hydrocarbonaceous oils.

Abstract: Supported intermetallic compounds are produced by a two-step process. In the first step, a supported metal is formed, for example, by solvating a metallic salt such as nickel nitrate and applying it to a support medium. The treated support body is then heated in the presence of a reducing agent to produce elemental metal. The supported metal is then treated with a reactive organometallic or metal hydride compound to yield a supported intermetallic compound. For example, supported elemental nickel is treated with hexamethyldisilane to produce supported nickel silicide.

Abstract: A catalyst for use in the hydrotreatment of hydrocarbons comprises a carrier and at least one catalytic metal selected from vanadium, molybdenum, tungsten, nickel, cobalt and/or iron; this catalyst is in the form of a plurality of juxtaposed agglomerates of acicular platelets, oriented radially to each other. It is prepared from agglomerates of activated alumina subjected to reaction with an acid and a compound providing an anion able to combine with aluminum ions in solution.

Abstract: This invention relates to a low-temperature combustion catalyst comprising a layer of an inorganic fiber having fine pores and rhodium deposited therein and to a process for preparing a low-temperature combustion catalyst comprising the steps of bringing a layer of an inorganic fiber having fine pores into contact with a rhodium compound solution while circulating the solution and drying the layer in air, and concerns with a low-temperature catalytic combustion burner including such catalyst.

Abstract: An improved catalyst for conversion of oxygen-containing aliphatics to hydrocarbons is a silica xerogel having a layer of an aluminum compound chemically bonded onto its surface, having a maximum pore diameter of 1.1 nm and having substantially only protons and/or transition metal cations as electrical charge balancing species. The catalyst is very specific for the production of aromatics.

Abstract: Finely divided, hydrogen-activated catalyst compositions comprising iron, silicon and carbon or iron and silicon that selectively convert gaseous mixtures of CO and H.sub.2, at a temperature of about 150.degree.-450.degree. C. and at pressures of about 10-2000 kPa, into reaction mixture containing at least about 75% C.sub.2 -C.sub.6 alkenes and no more than about 25% of CH.sub.4 and undesirable CO.sub.2 by-products are disclosed. A wide range of iron/silicon-based catalyst compositions are conveniently prepared by laser pyrolysis and hydrogen-pretreatment and readily reactivated with hydrogen at elevated temperatures.

Abstract: A catalyst for use in the conversion of heavy hydrocarbons to light ones, the catalyst being prepared from a naturally occurring material characterized by an elemental composition comprising aluminum, iron, silicon, magnesium and titanium by the thermal and chemical treatment of the naturally occurring material with steam/H.sub.2 +H.sub.2 S so as to change the physical properties and surface chemical properties of the starting material.

Abstract: Process for the preparation of an iron(III) oxide catalyst or absorbent, in which the iron is precipitated from an iron salt solution by means of hydroxyl ions in the presence of a carrier, the charged carrier is dried and optionally calcined and optionally reduced, a solution of an iron(III) salt being introduced with vigorous stirring below the surface of the suspension of the carrier, the pH of the suspension is maintained between 4 and 7 and the charged carrier is separated from the solution.

Abstract: Surface-metallated aluminas and silicas are species many of whose physical properties, such as surface and pore volume, are unchanged but which exhibit superior hydrothermal stability. Suitable for use as catalytic supports, these materials can be simply prepared by treating the alumina or silica with a tetrahalide of a metal, such as titanium or zirconium, removing the unreacted tetrahalide, and calcining the resulting material in a moist atmosphere.

Abstract: Novel thallium promoted iron catalysts are described as being useful in CO hydrogenation processes utilizing CO/H.sub.2 mixtures for selectively producing C.sub.6 -C.sub.11 liquid hydrocarbons, containing C.sub.6 -C.sub.11 aromatic hydrocarbons and only very small amounts of C.sub.23 + hydrocarbon waxes.

Abstract: This invention relates to a catalyst for use in the direct conversion of synthesis gas to olefinic hydrocarbons in good yield. It also relates to a process for producing the catalyst.The catalyst comprises a highly porous amorphous silica support on which is deposited one or more monolayers of silica. The catalyst is then impregnated with a transition metal. The monolayer of silica is formed by the hydrolysis of a compound such as ethyl orthosilicate while it is adsorbed onto the support.

Abstract: A method is provided for producing a catalyst and a carrier therefor in the form of sheet or honeycomb. The method comprises: beating a heat-resistant fiber such as asbesto fiber in water to form a slurry; mixing the slurry with a catalytically active agent, a carrier material therefor and/or their precursors to fix such materials in the fiber, thus forming a stock; and forming the stock into a sheet and drying the same. The sheet thus obtained may be formed into a honeycomb structure with an improved adhesive.

Abstract: In a process for preparing a carboxylic acid ester from a nitrile, water and an alcohol in the vapor phase, wherein the vapor is brought into contact with a catalyst, the improvement which comprises said catalyst being a titanium containing oxide catalyst which is obtained by hydrolyzing or neutralizing a water soluble titanium salt and subsequently calcining the resulting precipitate at a temperature in a range of about 300.degree. to 750.degree. C. and having the empirical formula Ti.sub.a Me.sub.b X.sub.c O.sub.d, wherein Me represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Cu, Ag, Au, Mg, Zn, Sn, Pb, Zr, V, Bi, Cr, W, Mo, Mn, Fe, Co and Ni and X represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si and Sb and the subscripts a, b, c and d designate the atomic ratio and when a is 1, b is 0.01 to 12, c is 0 to 12 and b+c is 0.01 to 12 and d is the oxygen content of the catalyst formed by the combination of the above components.