ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,686, issued on March 18.
"Catalyst supports-composition and process of manufacture" was invented by Madan Mohan Bhasin (Charleston, W.va.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A catalyst support comprising at least 95% silicon carbide, having surface areas of less than equal to10 m2/g and pore volumes of less than equal to1 cc/g. A method of producing a catalyst support, the method including mixing SiC particles of 0.1-20 microns, SiO2 and carbonaceous materials to form an extrusion, under inert atmospheres, heating the extrusion at temperatures of greater than 1400deg C., and removing residual carbon from the heated support under temperat...