The present invention relates to a catalyst for preparing a light olefin, a preparation method therefor, and a method for preparing a light olefin by using same, and can provide a catalyst for preparing a light olefin, a preparation method therefor, and a method for preparing a light olefin by using same, the catalyst comprising a porous zeolite, a clay, an inorganic oxide binder, and Ag.sub.2O and P.sub.2O.sub.5 which are supported in the pores and/or on the surface of the porous zeolite.

Surface hydroxyl groups on porous and nonporous metal oxides, such as silica gel and alumina, were metalated with catalyst precursors, such as complexes of earth abundant metals (e.g., Fe, Co, Cr, Ni, Cu, Mn and Mg). The metalated metal oxide catalysts provide a versatile family of recyclable and reusable single-site solid catalysts for catalyzing a variety of organic transformations. The catalysts can also be integrated into a flow reactor or a supercritical fluid reactor.

Disclosed are a catalyst system and its use in a process for the conversion of a feedstock containing C.sub.8+ aromatic hydrocarbons to produce light aromatic products, comprising benzene, toluene and xylene. The catalyst system comprises (a) a first catalyst bed comprising a first catalyst composition, said first catalyst composition comprising a zeolite having a constraint index of 3 to 12 combined (i) optionally with at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and (ii) optionally with at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table; and (b) a second catalyst bed comprising a second catalyst composition, said second catalyst composition comprising (i) a meso-mordenite zeolite, combined (ii) optionally with at least one first metal of Group 10 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, and (iii) optionally with at least one second metal of Group 11 to 15 of the IUPAC Periodic Table, wherein said meso-mordenite zeolite is synthesized from TEA or MTEA and having a mesopore surface area of greater than 30 m.sup.2/g and said meso-mordenite zeolite comprises agglomerates composed of primary crystallites, wherein said primary crystallites have an average primary crystal size as measured by TEM of less than 80 nm and an aspect ratio of less than 2.

A ceramic honeycomb structure having pluralities of flow paths partitioned by porous cell walls, (a) the cell walls having porosity of 50-63%; and (b) in a pore diameter distribution in the cell walls measured by mercury porosimetry, (i) pore diameters at cumulative pore volumes corresponding to particular percentages of the total pore volume being within specific ranges and having specific relationships; (ii) the difference between a logarithm of the pore diameter at a cumulative pore volume corresponding to 20% of the total pore volume and a logarithm of the pore diameter at 80% being 0.39 or less; and (iii) the volume of pores of more than 100 μm being 0.03 cm.sup.3/g or less.

An exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided for which a purification performance is excellent and particle growth of a catalyst metal is suppressed. The exhaust gas purification catalyst is provided with a substrate and a catalyst layer formed on the substrate. The catalyst layer contains a catalyst metal that functions as an oxidation and/or reduction catalyst and contains a support that supports the catalyst metal. The support is constituted of a porous ceramic that, in its volumetric pore diameter distribution measured based on a nitrogen gas adsorption method, has a pore diameter P.sub.10 corresponding to a cumulative 10% from a small pore side and a pore diameter P.sub.90 corresponding to a cumulative 90% from the small pore side that are both in a range from 5 to 50 nm.

The honeycomb structure includes a honeycomb structure body made of a zeolite material containing at least a coarse particle zeolite having a large average particle diameter (coarse zeolite particles). A fine particle zeolite having an average particle diameter smaller than that of the coarse particle zeolite (fine zeolite particles), and an inorganic bonding material, the coarse particle zeolite (the coarse zeolite particles) is a chabazite type zeolite in which an average particle diameter of primary particles is 2 μm or more and 6 μm or less, and in the fine particle zeolite (the fine zeolite particles), an average particle diameter of primary particles is 0.02 μm or more and smaller than 2 μm, and in the zeolite material which is comprised the honeycomb structure body, a ratio of a volume of pores having pore diameters of 0.02 to 0.15 μm to a volume of all pores is 42% or less.

The manufacturing method includes a step of mixing a coarse particle zeolite, a fine particle zeolite, and a raw material of an inorganic bonding material to prepare a zeolite raw material; a step of forming the prepared zeolite raw material into a honeycomb shape to prepare a honeycomb formed body; and a step of firing the prepared honeycomb formed body to prepare the honeycomb structure. In the step of preparing the zeolite raw material, as the coarse particle zeolite, a chabazite type zeolite having a specific average particle diameter, the fine particle zeolite having a specific average particle diameter, the raw material of the inorganic bonding material which includes at least basic aluminum lactate is used.

Provided is a method for producing an aliphatic alcohol having 8 or more and 22 or less carbon atoms through hydrogenation of a fatty acid or a fatty acid ester using a catalyst, wherein the catalyst carries a catalyst metal on a support, (a) the catalyst contains one or more elements selected from Co and Cu as the catalyst metal, (b) the total pore volume of the catalyst is 0.05 mL/g or more, and (c) the volume of pores with a pore size of 0.1 μm or more and 500 μm or less is 50% or more of the total pore volume of the catalyst.

A honeycomb filter includes a honeycomb structure having a porous partition wall disposed to surround a plurality of cells; and a plugging portion provided at one end of the cell, wherein the honeycomb structure has an inflow side region including a range of up to at least 30% with respect to the total length of the honeycomb structure with the inflow end face as the starting point and an outflow side region including a range of up to at least 20% with respect to the total length of the honeycomb structure with the outflow end face as the starting point, in the extending direction of the cell of the honeycomb structure, an average pore diameter of the partition wall in the inflow side region is 9 to 14 μm and an average pore diameter of the partition wall in the outflow side region is 15 to 20 μm.

The invention relates to a wall-flow filter, to a method for the production and the use of the filter for reducing harmful exhaust gases of an internal combustion engine. The wall-flow filter was produced by exposing the filter at least twice successively to a powder-gas aerosol.