Most materials are available in a variety of shapes, including spheres, UniSpheres, extrudates, pellets (cut extrudates), trilobes, rings and pentarings. Other shapes have been designed and manufactured for particular applications.
Value Chain:
Carriers - Catalysts- Reactors- Petrochemical Plant, Refineries
Materials:
Alumina, Silica, Alumina-silica, Titania, Zirconia, to be discussed
Adjustable Properties:
Porosity, Chemistry, Surface Area, Abrasion resistance, Crush strength
Porosity range:
Surface area 0.005-460m2/g
Pore diameters 3 nm- 500um
Pore volume up to 1.3 cm3/g
Water absorption up to 70%