Claims
- 1. A catalyst for selectively hydrogenating an impurity selected from the group consisting of acetylenic compounds, dienes, and mixtures thereof consisting essentially of:
- palladium supported on an alumina support which is substantially crystalline alpha alumina, said support having been calcined at a temperature of at least 1150.degree. C. and no greater than 1400.degree. C., said palladium being present on said support in an amount effective to catalyze said selective hydrogenation, said catalyst having an average pore radius of from 200 to 2000.ANG., with at least 80% of the pores having a pore radius within the range of from 100 to 3000.ANG..
- 2. The catalyst of claim 1, wherein the support is prepared by calcining a mixture of .beta.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3H.sub.2 O, .alpha.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.H.sub.2 O, and amorphous aluminum hydroxide, containing from 5% to 35%, by weight, of .beta.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3H.sub.2 O, said calcining being effected at a temperature of at least 1150.degree. C. and no greater than 1400.degree. C.
- 3. The catalyst of claim 2 wherein the palladium is present in an amount of at least 0.1 percent, by weight.
- 4. The catalyst of claim 3, wherein the palladium content is no greater than 1 percent by weight.
- 5. The catalyst of claim 4, wherein the surface area is no greater than 50 m.sup.2 /g.
- 6. The catalyst of claim 5, wherein the surface area is from 3 to 30 m.sup.2 /g.
- 7. The catalyst of claim 6, wherein the porosity is from 0.2 to 1.0 ml/g.
- 8. The catalyst of claim 7, wherein the surface acidity is from 0.002 to 0.05 millimole pyridine/g catalyst.
- 9. The catalyst of claim 8, wherein the palladium is present mainly in the regions of the support which are at least 160 microns below the geometric surface.
- 10. The catalyst of claim 9, wherein the palladium is present mainly in the regions of the support which are at least 500 microns below the geometric surface.
- 11. A process for producing a catalyst comprising palladium supported on an alumina support which is substantially crystalline alpha alumina, comprising:
- calcining an aluminum hydroxide powder support containing from 5% to 35%, by weight, of .beta.-Al.sub.2 O.sub.3.3H.sub.2 O at a temperature of from 1150.degree. C. to 1400.degree. C.; depositing on the support an aqueous solution of a palladium salt selected from the group consisting of palladium chloride and palladium nitrate in an amount sufficient to provide from 0.1 to 1.0 percent, by weight, of palladium on the supported catalyst, said aqueous solution having a pH of from 3.3 to 6.0; and reducing the palladium salt on the support to provide palladium metal on the support.
Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 858,546, filed Apr. 30, 1986, now U.S. Pat. No. 4,762,956, which is a continuation of Ser. No. 484,626, filed Apr. 13, 1983, abandoned.
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