Oxidation catalyst and process for its preparation
US4849391A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 20, 1987 |
| Grant date | Jul 18, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 20, 2007 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC01P2006/12
- WIPO fieldChemical engineering
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
An oxidation catalyst formed from V.sub.2 O.sub.5 and TiO.sub.2 of rutile structure is obtained by a process which comprises the following stages: PA1 (a) preparation of a solution of Ti(IV) by dissolution (partial hydrolysis) of TiCl.sub.4 in an aqueous solution at a final pH below 1.0, PA1 (b) preparation of a solution of V(IV) by heating, in order to dissolve it, solid V.sub.2 O.sub.5 suspended in an aqueous oxalic acid solution, PA1 (c) precipitation of metatitanic acid from the Ti(IV) solution at a pH not higher than 1.3, PA1 (d) precipitation of vanadium oxide from the said V(IV) solution in the presence of the metatitanic acid obtained in (c), and PA1 (e) separation of the precipitate, drying and calcination thereof at an elevated temperature. The process provides a catalyst formed from V.sub.2 O.sub.5 and TiO.sub.2 of rutile structure, which has a specific surface area of the order of 10 to 60 m.sup.2 /g, is highly active, selective and stable under conditions of catalytic oxidation, especially under the conditions of the oxidation of o-xylene to phthalic anhydride.
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