Patent ID: 6930074
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: B01J,C10G

Abstract:
1. A sorbent composition comprising: a promoter metal selected from the group consisting of nickel, cobalt, iron, manganese, tungsten, silver, gold, copper, platinum, zinc, tin, ruthenium, molybdenum, antimony, vanadium, iridium, chromium, palladium, oxides thereof, precursors to oxides thereof, and combinations thereof, said promoter metal being present in an amount in a range of from about 1 to about 60 weight percent and wherein at least a portion of said promoter metal is a reduced-valence promoter metal having a valence which is at least one valence number less than the valence of said promoter metal in its common oxidized state; zinc oxide in an amount in a range of from about 10 to about 90 weight percent; a refractory metal oxide in an amount in a range of from about 5 to about 85 weight percent; and an aluminate, said sorbent composition having a bulk density of at least about 1.0 grams per cubic centimeter.