A catalyst comprising a Group IIIA metal, a Group VIII noble metal, and an optional promoter metal, on a support selected from silica, alumina, silica-alumina compositions, rare earth modified alumina, and combinations thereof, doped with iron, a Group VIB metal, a Group VB metal, or a combination thereof, offers decreased reactivation time under air soak in comparison with otherwise identical catalysts. Reducing reactivation time may, in turn, reduce costs, both in inventory and capital.

An exhaust gas-purifying catalyst includes a support and a catalytic metal as one or more precious metals supported by the support. The support includes a composite oxide having a composition represented by a general formula AB.sub.C.sub.O.sub.3, wherein A represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of lanthanum, neodymium, and yttrium, B represents iron or a combination of iron and aluminum, C represents one or more elements selected from the group consisting of iridium, ruthenium, tantalum, niobium, molybdenum, and tungsten, and each represents a numerical value within a range of more than 0 and less than 1, and and satisfy relational formulae of > and +1.

A catalyst composition containing cobalt manganese oxide which is modified with silicon in the form of a hydrophilic silica, the catalyst also containing at least one of lanthanum, phosphorus, Fe, Zr, and Zn, and optionally one or more basic elements selected from the group of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and transition metals. Also, methods for preparing and using the catalyst composition for producing aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons using the catalyst composition.

An ammoxidation catalyst includes a metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1 supported on a silica carrier, wherein the catalyst has pores having a diameter of 5 to 200 nm, a pore volume of 0.1 to 3.0 cm.sup.3/g, and a BET surface area of 50 m2/g to 1,000 m2/g:
Mo.sub.12Bi.sub.aFe.sub.bA.sub.cB.sub.dC.sub.eO.sub.xChemical Formula 1 wherein in Chemical Formula 1, A is one or more elements of Ni, Mn, Co, Zn, Mg, Ca, and Ba, B is one or more elements of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, C is one or more elements of Cr, W, B, Al, Ca, and V, and a to e, and x are respectively fractions of each atom or atomic group, wherein a is 0.1 to 5, b is 0.1 to 5, c is 0.1 to 10, d is 0.1 to 2, e is 0 to 10, and x is 24 to 48.

An ammoxidation catalyst includes a metal oxide represented by Chemical Formula 1, wherein a first peak having intensity of A appears in the 2 range of 26.3=0.5, and a second peak having intensity of B appears in the 2 range of 28.30.5 in X ray diffraction analysis by CuK, and an intensity ratio (A/B) of the first peak to the second peak is 1.5 or more:
Mo.sub.xBi.sub.aFe.sub.bA.sub.cB.sub.dC.sub.eD.sub.fO.sub.yChemical Formula 1 wherein in Chemical Formula 1, A and B are different from each other, and each independently, are one or more elements of Ni, Mn, Co, Zn, Mg, Ca, and Ba, C is one or more elements of Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs, D is one or more elements of Cr, W, B, Al, Ca, and V, a to f, x, and y are respectively mole fractions of each atom or atomic group, a is 0.1 to 7, b is 0.1 to 7, provided that the sum of a and b is 0.1 to 7, c is 0.1 to 10, d is 0.01 to 5, e is 0.1 to 10, f is 0 to 10, x is 11 to 14, y is a value determined by each oxidation number of Mo, Bi, Fe, A, B, C, and D.

This invention relates to a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material, in the form of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst. The invention also extends to the use of a catalyst precursor and/or catalyst prepared by the method according to the invention in a hydrocarbon synthesis process, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis process. According to this invention, a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material includes the steps of treating Fe(II) carboxylate in solution with an oxidizing agent to convert it to Fe(III) carboxylate in solution under conditions which ensure that such oxidation does not take place simultaneously with any dissolution of Fe(0); and hydrolyzing the Fe(III) carboxylate solution resulting from step (iii) and precipitating one or more Fe(III) hydrolysis products.

This invention relates to a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material, in the form of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis catalyst precursor and/or catalyst. The invention also extends to the use of a catalyst precursor and/or catalyst prepared by the method according to the invention in a hydrocarbon synthesis process, preferably, a Fischer Tropsch synthesis process. According to this invention, a method for the preparation of a hydrocarbon synthesis catalyst material includes the steps of treating Fe(II) carboxylate in solution with an oxidizing agent to convert it to Fe(III) carboxylate in solution under conditions which ensure that such oxidation does not take place simultaneously with any dissolution of Fe(0); and hydrolyzing the Fe(III) carboxylate solution resulting from step (iii) and precipitating one or more Fe(III) hydrolysis products.

The present invention relates to a catalyst for the oxidation of hydrocarbon and the selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides, the catalyst comprising a substrate comprising an inlet end, an outlet end, a substrate axial length extending from the inlet end to the outlet end and a plurality of passages defined by internal walls of the substrate extending therethrough; and a coating disposed on the surface of the internal walls of the substrate, wherein the surface de-fines the interface between the passages and the internal walls, wherein the coating comprises a platinum group metal component supported on a first oxidic material and further comprises a mixed oxide of vanadium and one or more of iron, erbium, bismuth, cerium, europium, gadolinium, holmium, lanthanum, lutetium, neodymium, praseodymium, promethium, samarium, scandium, terbium, thulium, ytterbium, yttrium, molybdenum, tungsten, manganese, cobalt, nickel, copper, aluminum and antimony, wherein the mixed oxide is supported on a second oxidic material.

A method of preparing nanoparticles of carbon-supported copper manganite (CuMn.sub.2O.sub.4) comprising: preparing a first solution of a copper (II) salt and a manganese salt in a first polar organic solvent, where the molar ratio of Cu:Mn is from about 0.8:1 to about 1.2:1; admixing a second solution containing an organic ligand in a second polar organic solvent with the first solution to form a first mixture, wherein the second polar organic solvent is miscible with the first polar organic solvent; hydrothermally heating the obtained mixture at a temperature of from about 100 C. to about 200 C. for a duration sufficient to yield a solid metal-organic framework composite material; and, calcining the composite material at a temperature in the range of from about 350 C. to about 600 C.

A method of preparing nanoparticles of carbon-supported copper manganite (CuMn.sub.2O.sub.4) comprising: preparing a first solution of a copper (II) salt and a manganese salt in a first polar organic solvent, where the molar ratio of Cu:Mn is from about 0.8:1 to about 1.2:1; admixing a second solution containing an organic ligand in a second polar organic solvent with the first solution to form a first mixture, wherein the second polar organic solvent is miscible with the first polar organic solvent; hydrothermally heating the obtained mixture at a temperature of from about 100 C. to about 200 C. for a duration sufficient to yield a solid metal-organic framework composite material; and, calcining the composite material at a temperature in the range of from about 350 C. to about 600 C.