Stainless steel catalyst cartridge CatCarts®

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Heterogeneous catalysis made safe and easy The CatCart system is designed to make the handling of even pyrophoric catalysts safer and easier. These cartridges are reusable and compatible with the H-Cube® series instruments and Phoenix flow systems. CatCarts are made of a stainless-steel tube packed with a solid catalyst of a specific particle size range. A filter system at each end of the tube allows liquid to pass through the column but prevents catalyst from coming out. ThalesNano offers a wide range of different catalysts loaded into cartridges to suit most types of hydrogenation reactions: from the more common types, such as palladium on carbon and Raney-type Ni, to catalysts used for chemoselective hydrogenations, such as rhenium catalysts. Advantages • Safer handling - no contact between user and catalyst • Exchange of catalyst is quick and seamless • No catalyst filtration necessary • Ability to reuse catalyst with different substrates • More efficient mixing of the three phases leading to higher reaction rates The efficient mixing and super equivalent amount of catalyst at a given time vastly increases the interaction between the phases (solid catalyst, liquid substrate, hydrogen or other compatible gases). This interaction leads to higher mass transfer onto the catalyst surface, increases reaction rates and therefore, shortens reaction times. As the product leaves immediately from the active reaction zone, the reaction mechanism and chemoselectivity can be investigated and controlled easily.