PATENT

3738. ----- [TETER, J. W.]  (Sinclair Refining Co.).  reducing a Metal Oxide Catalyst.  United States Patent 2,437,487, Mar. 9, 1948; appl. filed Oct. 12, 1944, Serial No. 558,487,; 5 claims (Cl. 252257).  Chem. Abs. vol. 42, 1948, p. 4313.

In reducing a metal oxide catalyst in which the metal oxide is of the group consisting of Co and Ni, the catalyst is subjected to a number of alternate treatments with NH2 and H2 at a temperature within the approximate range of 450°-750° F.