摘要 |
<p>A catalyst for recombining oxygen and carbon monoxide in a sealed CO2 laser includes a stannic oxide base and a coating of at least one metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, ruthenium, gold and rhodium. The stannic oxide base is produced by preparing a mixture of a stannous salt such as stannous chloride and stannic acid, adding a base to the mixture to produce a mixture of stannic and stannous hydroxide, and adding an oxidixing agent such as hydrogen peroxide to the hydroxide mixture to yield a precipitate of stannic oxide. The stannic oxide is mixed with a catalyst metal salt such as the chloride of one of the metals mentioned hereinbefore, and a reducing agent, e.g. formic acid is added to the oxide and salt mixture to produce the salt, whereby the catalyst metal is deposited on the stannic oxide.</p> |