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386 Cordierite Honeycomb Ceramics
A New Gas-Desulphurisation Method
An item in the Chinese newspaper Kexuebao of 12th December 1985 reported that the Institute cjf Environmental Chemistry, Academia Sinica, has investigated and developed a series of honeycomb ceramics with different shapes, sizes and pore structures. These new products will soon be available on the market. These cordierite honey-comb ceramics, obtained by extrusion moulding, represent a new type of material. Their unique properties such as high geometric area, thin wall and substantial resistance to high temperature, thermal shock and corrosion are reported. As an application of these materials, the Institute recently developed a catalyst with the nomencla~u~-eHP-l, which consists of Pt supported on the honey-comb structure for the catalytic purification of automobile exhaust gases. The results of the road test of diesel engines for 20,000 miles have shown that the said catalyst possesses excellent performance in respect to high purification efficiency for CO and hydrocarbons existing in diesel exhaust, lower initial combustion temperature and reasonable structure of the support.
It is claimed in Chinese Patent GK 85 101000 that a new method has been developed to catalytically remove H2S and SO2 from industrial chemical gases such as natural synthesis water gas, gas, gas, fuel gas and so on. This has been developed by Ding Yuyi and his colleagues of Zhengzhou Institute of Technology. The invention is a method which uses a catalyst made mainly of wood sodium or wood calcium or an exhausted solution from a paper mill. The foams obtained are said to be quite white and a refined sulphur of high purity is obtained as a product. Advantages claimed for the method are the low cost, nontoxicity and non-corrosivity of the catalvst.
Chinese Congress on Catalysis It has been announced that the Third National Congress on Catalysis will be held in May to June 1986. This congress will be jointly sponsored by the Committee of Catalysis of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Committee of Petroleum Refining of the Chinese Petroleum Society. The emphasis of the contributions which are to be solicited will be as follows: (1) the synthesis, characterisation and reaction characteristics of new catalytic materials; (2) recent progress in significant industrial catalytic techniques; (3) Cl chemistry related to the synthesis of oxygenates; (4) research on deactivation and poisoning of catalysts; (5) the structure of active components on catalysts and adsorbed forms of reacting molecules; and (6) relation between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Further details of the meeting can be obtained from the preparatory office for this congress whose address is as follows: Deparment of Basic Research, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, P.O. Box 914, Beijing, P.R. China. qlllddd!@
-Volume
21 No. 2 -
March
1986
Wang Xin-kui
American Catalysis Society Awards The December I985 issue of the Catalysis Society Newsletter lists a number of awards which it or its constituent clubs and societies admininisters and which have recently been made or are curcentlv open for nominations, The F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship, funded by the Davidson Chemical Division of W.R Grace and Company, has been awarded to Michel Boudart, who is William J. Keck Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford Cniversity. This award consists of a plaque, a sum of money and also traveling expenses to enable him to address any of the constituent clubs and societies who may wish it during 1986. The Michigan Catalysis Society has two awards sponsored by the Memorial Trust Fund for Professor Guiseppe Parravano at the University of Michigan, one of which is IlOW open for nominations: further details from W.P. Dianis, DOW Chemical U.S.A., 1776 Buildin=, Midland, X148674. The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia also solicits nominations for its 1986 award; contact M.P. Mocella, E.I. du Pant de Nemours, Chestnut Kun-FPL, Wilmington, DE 19898. Awards to be made in 1987 include the following administered by the Society: The Paul Ii.Emett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, sponsored by the Davidson Chemical Division of W.R. Grace; The Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis, sponsored by Amoco Oil Co., and the Robert Burwell Lecturership in
387
be ca " details Further Catalysis. obtained from any officer of the Societ! the News-Letter: or from the Editor of Experimental Du Pont W.J. Lin, Dr. Station,
ADP, Building
DE 19898,
402,
Wilmington,
USA.
Our coverage of the contents of American Chemical Society meetings has up to now been scanty. ! shall try to remedy this in the future. In the meantime, it of the may be of interest to note some to topics to be covered at the meeting be held in Uew York Cltp from 13th-18th April 1986 (see Chem. and Eng. News June 17 (1985)). Topics covered by the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, all with the heading "Surface Science and Catalysis" include: characterisation radiaof catalysts using synchrotron tion; catalvtic activation of CO by electrochemical, photochemical and satalytic means; and chemistry and physics of clusters (jointl\ with Divisions of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry). There is also a session entitled "General Papers in Catalysis and Related Topics". The Division of Petroleum Chemistry has the following topics: "Mechanisms of Fischer-Tropsch Chemistry"; "Chemicals from Syngas and Methanol"; and "Fundamental Chemistry of Promoters and Poisons in Heterogeneous Catalysis". The Autumn Meeting in Anaheim also includes sessions of interest. From the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, we get: "Surface Science of Catalysts: Surface Chemistry of Semiconductor Fabrication"; "Surface Science of Catalysis: Applications of SolidState NMR to Catalysis"; and "General Papers in Catalysis and Related Subjects". And from the Division of Petroleum Chemistry, we get: "Spinels and Perovskites as Catalvsts"; and "Syngas Conversion Catalysts". Forewarning is also given of the following Spring and Autumn Meetings, to be held in Denver from 5th to 10th April 1987 and in New Orleans from 30th August to 4th September 1987, respectively.
Florida
Conference
on Catalysis
The Florida Conference will be held, as last year, aton Palm Coast Ocean Front 21st to 25th April. Invited
am-
Volume 21
No.
on Catalysis at the SherResort, from papers to be
2 -March
1986
entitled Hetpresented in the section erogeneous Catalysis are: "A PhenomHydrotreating for Model enological "Catalyst Catalysts" (R.G. Donnelly); (L.D. and Reactivity" Microstructure Adsorption "Heat of Schmidt); and Pt and Pd Measurements on Supported Catalysts (Y.A. Vannice). Under ih"Synthesis, ites, are: the papers Characterisation and Catalysis by High Silica Zeolites" (C.G. Derouane); "A Theoretical Study of Hydrocarbon Packing (P.T. Zeolites" in Shape Selective Rcischman and D.H. Olson); and "HydroWard). (J.W. processing with Zeolites" the folin a section on Oxidations, lowing will be delivered: "Oxidation of Butane over I'anadyl Pyrophosphate" (M. Oxygenations with Desmond); "Catalytic Metalloporphrin Complexes" (J. Groves); "Copper(I) Catalysis Re;z:;E,)to ,,(J;:I (D.A. ; dative Coupling" Reactivity. Homolytic erolytic vs. Mechanism of Halcon Epoxidation Process" to (H. Mimoun); and "Methane Conversion Under the Liquid Fuels" (,J. Sofranko). are the papers Chemistry, heading C "Design 2nd mechanistic Study of a Polymerisation Ethylene Cobalt-Based Catalyst" (M. Brookhart); "New CarbonCarbon Bond Formation Reactions InvolCasey); ving Di-iron Complexes (C. "Biphase Hydroformylation" (J. Jenck); CarbonCatalysed "Transition Metal of Methyl Acetate" (E. Midylation of dlemas); and "Catalytic Ammoxidation Simple Olefins" (G. Pea). The final session on Future Trends is made up of three lectures: uBiotechnology and the Barer); Industry" Chemical (S.J. "Carbonylation Routes to Urethanes (J. Grate): and "Platinum Group Metals in Industrial Catalysis; Selectivity vs. Availability" (B.H. Tarnblyn). In addition to these lectures, there will be a poster session. Further details can be whose obtained from Dr R.S. Drago address is given in the Calendar of Forthcoming Events.
Catalysis
Society
Meetings
It is announced in the Catalysis Society Newsletter that the next meeting of Organic Reactions Catalysis Society will be held in Hyatt House, Savannah, Georgia, from 7th to 9th April 1986. The meeting will be devoted to homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis as applied to organic synthesis. Contact Dr. Paul Rylander (tel. 201-632-6301) for further details,
A New Gas-Desulphurisation Method
An item in the Chinese newspaper Kexuebao of 12th December 1985 reported that the Institute cjf Environmental Chemistry, Academia Sinica, has investigated and developed a series of honeycomb ceramics with different shapes, sizes and pore structures. These new products will soon be available on the market. These cordierite honey-comb ceramics, obtained by extrusion moulding, represent a new type of material. Their unique properties such as high geometric area, thin wall and substantial resistance to high temperature, thermal shock and corrosion are reported. As an application of these materials, the Institute recently developed a catalyst with the nomencla~u~-eHP-l, which consists of Pt supported on the honey-comb structure for the catalytic purification of automobile exhaust gases. The results of the road test of diesel engines for 20,000 miles have shown that the said catalyst possesses excellent performance in respect to high purification efficiency for CO and hydrocarbons existing in diesel exhaust, lower initial combustion temperature and reasonable structure of the support.
It is claimed in Chinese Patent GK 85 101000 that a new method has been developed to catalytically remove H2S and SO2 from industrial chemical gases such as natural synthesis water gas, gas, gas, fuel gas and so on. This has been developed by Ding Yuyi and his colleagues of Zhengzhou Institute of Technology. The invention is a method which uses a catalyst made mainly of wood sodium or wood calcium or an exhausted solution from a paper mill. The foams obtained are said to be quite white and a refined sulphur of high purity is obtained as a product. Advantages claimed for the method are the low cost, nontoxicity and non-corrosivity of the catalvst.
Chinese Congress on Catalysis It has been announced that the Third National Congress on Catalysis will be held in May to June 1986. This congress will be jointly sponsored by the Committee of Catalysis of the Chinese Chemical Society and the Committee of Petroleum Refining of the Chinese Petroleum Society. The emphasis of the contributions which are to be solicited will be as follows: (1) the synthesis, characterisation and reaction characteristics of new catalytic materials; (2) recent progress in significant industrial catalytic techniques; (3) Cl chemistry related to the synthesis of oxygenates; (4) research on deactivation and poisoning of catalysts; (5) the structure of active components on catalysts and adsorbed forms of reacting molecules; and (6) relation between homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Further details of the meeting can be obtained from the preparatory office for this congress whose address is as follows: Deparment of Basic Research, Research Institute of Petroleum Processing, P.O. Box 914, Beijing, P.R. China. qlllddd!@
-Volume
21 No. 2 -
March
1986
Wang Xin-kui
American Catalysis Society Awards The December I985 issue of the Catalysis Society Newsletter lists a number of awards which it or its constituent clubs and societies admininisters and which have recently been made or are curcentlv open for nominations, The F.G. Ciapetta Lectureship, funded by the Davidson Chemical Division of W.R Grace and Company, has been awarded to Michel Boudart, who is William J. Keck Professor of Chemical Engineering at Stanford Cniversity. This award consists of a plaque, a sum of money and also traveling expenses to enable him to address any of the constituent clubs and societies who may wish it during 1986. The Michigan Catalysis Society has two awards sponsored by the Memorial Trust Fund for Professor Guiseppe Parravano at the University of Michigan, one of which is IlOW open for nominations: further details from W.P. Dianis, DOW Chemical U.S.A., 1776 Buildin=, Midland, X148674. The Catalysis Club of Philadelphia also solicits nominations for its 1986 award; contact M.P. Mocella, E.I. du Pant de Nemours, Chestnut Kun-FPL, Wilmington, DE 19898. Awards to be made in 1987 include the following administered by the Society: The Paul Ii.Emett Award in Fundamental Catalysis, sponsored by the Davidson Chemical Division of W.R. Grace; The Eugene J. Houdry Award in Applied Catalysis, sponsored by Amoco Oil Co., and the Robert Burwell Lecturership in
387
be ca " details Further Catalysis. obtained from any officer of the Societ! the News-Letter: or from the Editor of Experimental Du Pont W.J. Lin, Dr. Station,
ADP, Building
DE 19898,
402,
Wilmington,
USA.
Our coverage of the contents of American Chemical Society meetings has up to now been scanty. ! shall try to remedy this in the future. In the meantime, it of the may be of interest to note some to topics to be covered at the meeting be held in Uew York Cltp from 13th-18th April 1986 (see Chem. and Eng. News June 17 (1985)). Topics covered by the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, all with the heading "Surface Science and Catalysis" include: characterisation radiaof catalysts using synchrotron tion; catalvtic activation of CO by electrochemical, photochemical and satalytic means; and chemistry and physics of clusters (jointl\ with Divisions of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry). There is also a session entitled "General Papers in Catalysis and Related Topics". The Division of Petroleum Chemistry has the following topics: "Mechanisms of Fischer-Tropsch Chemistry"; "Chemicals from Syngas and Methanol"; and "Fundamental Chemistry of Promoters and Poisons in Heterogeneous Catalysis". The Autumn Meeting in Anaheim also includes sessions of interest. From the Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry, we get: "Surface Science of Catalysts: Surface Chemistry of Semiconductor Fabrication"; "Surface Science of Catalysis: Applications of SolidState NMR to Catalysis"; and "General Papers in Catalysis and Related Subjects". And from the Division of Petroleum Chemistry, we get: "Spinels and Perovskites as Catalvsts"; and "Syngas Conversion Catalysts". Forewarning is also given of the following Spring and Autumn Meetings, to be held in Denver from 5th to 10th April 1987 and in New Orleans from 30th August to 4th September 1987, respectively.
Florida
Conference
on Catalysis
The Florida Conference will be held, as last year, aton Palm Coast Ocean Front 21st to 25th April. Invited
am-
Volume 21
No.
on Catalysis at the SherResort, from papers to be
2 -March
1986
entitled Hetpresented in the section erogeneous Catalysis are: "A PhenomHydrotreating for Model enological "Catalyst Catalysts" (R.G. Donnelly); (L.D. and Reactivity" Microstructure Adsorption "Heat of Schmidt); and Pt and Pd Measurements on Supported Catalysts (Y.A. Vannice). Under ih"Synthesis, ites, are: the papers Characterisation and Catalysis by High Silica Zeolites" (C.G. Derouane); "A Theoretical Study of Hydrocarbon Packing (P.T. Zeolites" in Shape Selective Rcischman and D.H. Olson); and "HydroWard). (J.W. processing with Zeolites" the folin a section on Oxidations, lowing will be delivered: "Oxidation of Butane over I'anadyl Pyrophosphate" (M. Oxygenations with Desmond); "Catalytic Metalloporphrin Complexes" (J. Groves); "Copper(I) Catalysis Re;z:;E,)to ,,(J;:I (D.A. ; dative Coupling" Reactivity. Homolytic erolytic vs. Mechanism of Halcon Epoxidation Process" to (H. Mimoun); and "Methane Conversion Under the Liquid Fuels" (,J. Sofranko). are the papers Chemistry, heading C "Design 2nd mechanistic Study of a Polymerisation Ethylene Cobalt-Based Catalyst" (M. Brookhart); "New CarbonCarbon Bond Formation Reactions InvolCasey); ving Di-iron Complexes (C. "Biphase Hydroformylation" (J. Jenck); CarbonCatalysed "Transition Metal of Methyl Acetate" (E. Midylation of dlemas); and "Catalytic Ammoxidation Simple Olefins" (G. Pea). The final session on Future Trends is made up of three lectures: uBiotechnology and the Barer); Industry" Chemical (S.J. "Carbonylation Routes to Urethanes (J. Grate): and "Platinum Group Metals in Industrial Catalysis; Selectivity vs. Availability" (B.H. Tarnblyn). In addition to these lectures, there will be a poster session. Further details can be whose obtained from Dr R.S. Drago address is given in the Calendar of Forthcoming Events.
Catalysis
Society
Meetings
It is announced in the Catalysis Society Newsletter that the next meeting of Organic Reactions Catalysis Society will be held in Hyatt House, Savannah, Georgia, from 7th to 9th April 1986. The meeting will be devoted to homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis as applied to organic synthesis. Contact Dr. Paul Rylander (tel. 201-632-6301) for further details,