2723. ------. [PRUDHOMME, E. A.] Regenerating Metal Catalysts
Contaminated With Sulfur. United States Patent
1,640,668, Aug. 30, 1927.
Chem. Abs., vol. 21, 1927, p. 3431.
S-contaminated catalysts, for example, those used in synthesis of light
hydrocarbons, are treated with HOAc, formic acid, or other suitable organic acid
to eliminate the S as H2S.