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US 5,188,813 AGranted
Metal fabrics
AssigneeJohnson Matthey Public Limited Company
InventorsNorman R. Fairey, Robert D. Hatton
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Abstract
A fabric knitted from a precious metal fibre, especially platinum or palladium or alloys thereof, offers advantages as a catalyst gauze, for example in ammonia oxidation. A method for knitting at high weights involves the co-feeding of a supplementary fibre with the metal fibre.
Claims3
A knitted precious metal fabric, consisting essentially of interlocking loops of fibres of a precious metal selected from the group consisting of platinum group metals, gold, silver, and alloys thereof.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.