A method for making a metal carbide based catalyst for crude oil cracking includes mixing a clay with a phosphorous based stabilizer material to obtain a liquid slurry; adding an aluminosilicate zeolite and an ultrastable Y zeolite to the liquid slurry; adding Al.sub.2Cl(OH).sub.5 to the liquid slurry; adding metal carbide particles, having a given diameter, to the liquid slurry to obtain a mixture; and spray drying the mixture to obtain the metal carbide based catalyst. The metal carbide particles are coated with the aluminosilicate zeolite and the ultrastable Y zeolite.

This document relates to oxidative dehydrogenation catalyst materials that include molybdenum, vanadium, beryllium, oxygen, and optionally aluminum.

Disclosed herein are systems and methods for removing trichloroethane (TCA), trichloroethene (TCE), and 1,4-dioxane (1,4-D) from contaminated liquids. The system and methods rely on catalyst reduction of TCA and TCE, where the reduced products are then degraded by microorganisms The system comprises a first reactor comprising a catalyst film of precious metal nanoparticles deposited on a first nonporous membrane and a second reactor comprising a biofilm of microorganisms that are capable of degrading ethane and 1,4-D deposited on a second nonporous membrane. The first reactor further comprises a hydrogen gas source, wherein the hydrogen gas source delivers hydrogen to the gas-phase side of the first nonporous membrane, and the catalyst film is deposited on the liquid-phase side. The second reactor further comprises an oxygen gas source, wherein the oxygen gas source delivers oxygen to the gas-phase side of the second non-porous membrane, and the biofilm is deposited on the liquid-phase side.

A thermal method of forming ferric oxide nano/microparticles with predominant morphology is described using different solvents. Methods of using the Fe.sub.3O.sub.4 nano/microparticles as catalysts in the reduction of nitro compounds with sodium borohydride to the corresponding amines and decomposition of ammonium salts.

A catalytic cracking catalyst contains 15-50 wt. % of beta zeolite, 10-75 wt. % of clay, and 10-50 wt. % of large-particle-size sol. Its total pore volume is not less than 0.200 mL/g of which more than 60% is attributed to 4-50 nm mesopores. The large-particle-size sol has 10-40 wt. % of Al.sub.2O.sub.3, 50-85 wt. % of P.sub.2O.sub.5, and 0.2-10 wt. % of SiO.sub.2, and an average particle size of 20 to 50 nm. To prepare the catalyst, an aluminum source and deionized water are mixed to obtain a first slurry; the first slurry and a phosphorus source are mixed to obtain a second slurry; a silica sol is added into the second slurry to obtain a third slurry; the third slurry is subjected to aging treatment to obtain a large-particle-size sol, and the large-particle-size sol is mixed uniformly with clay and beta zeolite to obtain a fourth slurry, which is spray dried and calcined.

A silicon-aluminum zeolite SCM-36, a manufacturing method therefor and an application thereof are provided. The zeolite has a silicon/aluminum ratio n5, and has a distinctive XRD diffraction spectrum. The SCM-36 zeolite can be used as an adsorbent, a catalyst, or a catalyst carrier.

The present invention provides a carbon dioxide reduction catalyst capable of reducing carbon dioxide under mild conditions, a carbon dioxide reduction method using the carbon dioxide reduction catalyst, and a carbon dioxide reduction apparatus. A metal oxide of the present invention has a spinel-type crystal structure including a metal element A, manganese, and oxygen. The A is at least one metal element selected from the group consisting of nickel and copper, a molar composition ratio of manganese to oxygen is from 1:1.8 to 1:2.2, and a molar composition ratio of the metal element A to manganese is from 1:1.7 to 1:2.3. In an X-ray diffraction pattern obtained by X-ray diffraction measurement using a Cu-K ray, the metal oxide has an intensity ratio (I.sub.18/I.sub.37) of 0.2 or more between a peak having a 2 value in a range of from 16 to) 20 (P.sub.18) and a peak having a 2 value in a range of from 35 to 39 (P.sub.37).

A method for making a magnetic-nanoparticle-supported catalyst includes reacting a ferrocenyl phosphine compound with an amino alcohol compound to form a ligand having a phosphine group, an amine group and at least one hydroxyl group; anchoring the ligand to a surface of magnetic nanoparticles via an oxygen atom of the hydroxyl group to form a ligand complex; combining the ligand complex with a metal precursor comprising Rh to bind the metal precursor with the ligand complex and form the magnetic-particle-supported catalyst. The magnetic-particle-supported catalyst is a Rh complex of magnetic-Fe.sub.3O.sub.4-nanoparticle-supported ferrocenyl phosphine catalyst.

A method for producing crystalline -Fe2O3 nanoparticles involving ultrasonic treatment of a solution of an iron (III)-containing precursor and an extract from the seeds of a plant in the family Linaceae. The method involves preparing an aqueous extract from the seeds of a plant in the family Linacae and dropwise addition of the extract to the solution of an iron (III)-containing precursor. The method yields crystalline nanoparticles of -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 having a spherical morphology with a diameter of 100 nm to 300 nm, a mean surface area of 240 to 250 m.sup.2/g, and a type-II nitrogen adsorption-desorption BET isotherm with a H3 hysteresis loop. A method for the photocatalytic decomposition of organic pollutants using 10 the nanoparticles is disclosed. An antibacterial composition containing the crystalline -Fe.sub.2O.sub.3 nanoparticles is also disclosed.

A new catalyst that includes palladium on a cerium dioxide support, of formula PdX/CeO2, in which X represents the empty set or a doping element, and its use in the implementation of a method for selectively preparing oxalates or oxamides from carbon monoxide, an oxidant, in particular molecular oxygen or air, and an alcohol or an amine respectively.