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US 2014/0200383 A1Published application
Forming ethylene
AssigneeDow Global Technologies LLC
InventorsTobin Marks, Staci Wegener
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Abstract
Form ethylene via a method that includes vaporizing elemental sulfur, providing a metal sulfide catalyst, and contacting the metal sulfide catalyst with a mixture of methane and the vaporized elemental sulfur to form ethylene. The mixture has a methane to sulfur molar ratio greater than 1.2:1.0.
Claims8
A method of forming ethylene comprising:
- vaporizing elemental sulfur;
- providing a metal sulfide catalyst;
- and
- contacting the metal sulfide catalyst with a mixture of methane and the vaporized elemental sulfur to form ethylene, wherein the mixture has a methane to sulfur molar ratio greater than 1.2:1.0.
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