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US 4,620,050 AGranted
Process for the manufacture of ethylene from ethyl esters
AssigneeAtochem
InventorsJean-Marie Cognion, Pierre Durual
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Abstract
Process for the manufacture of high purity ethylene by the decomposition in the gaseous phase of certain aliphatic carboxylic acid esters, at a temperature between about 150.degree. and 300.degree. C. in the presence of a zeolite having a pore diameter above about 0.6 nm as the catalyst.
Claims7
A process for the manufacture of high purity ethylene by the catalytic decomposition in the gaseous phase of an ethyl ester of an aliphatic carboxylic acid comprising carrying out said decomposition at a temperature between about 150.degree. to 300.degree. C. in the presence of a zeolite having a pore diameter of at least 0.6 nm.
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