| 摘要 |
1. A process for the production of ethylene and ethane by oxidation of methane with oxygen or an oxygen-containing gas in the presence of a metal compound as catalyst at a reaction temperature of from 600 to 1 000 C, characterized in that chlorides, bromides and iodides of the alkali and alkaline earth elements, of elements of secondary group IIIb of the periodic system, of elements having ordinal numbers of from 24 to 30, of the lanthanide elements, of silver, cadmium, lead and bismuth are used either individually or in admixture as catalysts, the atomic weight of the alkali, alkaline earth and IIIb secondary group elements being no greater than 139. |
