Nomenclature
Since Raney is a registered trademark of W. R. Grace and Company, only those products by its Grace Division division are properly called "Raney nickel". The more generic terms "skeletal catalyst" or "sponge-metal catalyst" may be used to refer to catalysts with physical and chemical properties similar to those of Raney nickel. However, since the Grace company itself does not use any generic names for the catalysts it is supplying, "Raney" may become generic under US trademark law.
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