CARBONS AS SUPPORTS FOR INDUSTRIAL PRECIOUS-METAL CATALYSTS

This review deals with the use of activated carbon, carbon black and g raphite as well as graphitised materials as support material for the m anufacture of commercially available precious metal powder catalysts. The manufacture of these carbons is described briefly, together with t heir most important chemical and physical properties that are tightly related to catalyst manufacture and use of such catalysts. The main in dustrial applications of carbon supported precious metal catalysts are also reviewed. Most of these applications make use of powder based ca talysts and involve the hydrogenation of an organic substrate molecule . (C) 1998 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.