Catalyst composition
AssigneeE. I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company
InventorPeter F. Carcia
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Abstract
A catalyst is disclosed wherein a particulate catalyst support has cosputtered on its surface a mixture of a catalytically active metal such as Pt, Pd, Ag, Au, Re, Rh, Ru or Ir and a cosputtered support material which preferably is the same material as the catalyst support.
Claims8
A composite catalyst comprising a particulate support having a surface area of less than 10 m.sup.2 /g and a particle size of greater than 100 .mu.m having sputtered on the surface thereof and intimately adhered thereto from 0.01 to 5.0 weight percent as based on the total catalyst of a catalytically active metal and a cosputtered support material in such amount that the catalytically active metal comprises from 3-80 volume percent of the sputtered material.
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