The invention discloses an ultralow-mercury catalyst, and particularly relates to a catalyst with the ultralow content of mercuric
chloride and suitable for
acetylene hydrochlorination to synthesize chloroethylene. The catalyst comprises a main activity component, auxiliary component A
metal bromide, auxiliary component B
metal bromide and carriers, wherein the main activity component is mercuric
chloride, and the content of the mercuric
chloride accounts for 0.5-4% of the total
mass of the catalyst carriers; the auxiliary component A
metal bromide includes one or more of
cupric bromide, cobaltous bromide, manganous bromide,
nickel bromide and
zinc bromide, and the metal element content of the auxiliary component A metal bromide accounts for 0.1-15% of the total
mass of the catalyst carriers; the auxiliary component B metal bromide includes one or more of
potassium bromide,
barium bromide,
sodium bromide and
lithium bromide, and the metal element content of the auxiliary component B metal bromide accounts for 0.01-10% of the total
mass of the catalyst carriers; the carriers include
activated carbon with the specific surface area of 300-2500 m<2> / g and
molecular sieve, or
silica gel, or
zeolite or kieselguhr. While activity and stability of the ultralow-mercury catalyst are ensured, the mercury resource in the catalyst is brought into full play to reach the maximum use efficiency, and the novel ultralow-mercury catalyst is
environmentally friendly.