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Catalytic behaviour of M1, M2, and M1/M2 physical mixtures of the Mo-V-Nb-Te-oxide system in propane and propene ammoxidation

Holmberg, Johan LU ; Grasselli, Robert K and Andersson, Arne LU (2004) In Applied Catalysis A: General 270(1-2). p.121-134
Abstract
Essentially pure orthorhombic M1 and pseudo-hexagonal M2 phases were prepared using the precursor method. Consistent with literature the M1 phase was shown to be effective for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile while the M2 phase was essentially inert for propane activation. Both phases convert propene efficiently to acrylonitrile. Both phases show a significant selectivity dependence on the ammonia and oxygen concentrations in the feed, revealing thereby additional insights into the reaction mechanism. Physical mixtures of the two separately prepared phases exhibited symbiosis in the ammoxidation of propane when finally divided (similar to5 mum), thoroughly mixed and brought into intimate contact with each other. Acrylonitrile yields... (More)
Essentially pure orthorhombic M1 and pseudo-hexagonal M2 phases were prepared using the precursor method. Consistent with literature the M1 phase was shown to be effective for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile while the M2 phase was essentially inert for propane activation. Both phases convert propene efficiently to acrylonitrile. Both phases show a significant selectivity dependence on the ammonia and oxygen concentrations in the feed, revealing thereby additional insights into the reaction mechanism. Physical mixtures of the two separately prepared phases exhibited symbiosis in the ammoxidation of propane when finally divided (similar to5 mum), thoroughly mixed and brought into intimate contact with each other. Acrylonitrile yields significantly higher than those obtained with the M1 phase alone were demonstrated with a 50 wt.% M1/50 wt.% M2 physical mixture having a corresponding Surface area ratio of about 4:1. The phase cooperation effect is particularly large at high propane conversions and non-existent when the particle size of the phases is too large (e.g. >250 mum) and the inter-particle contact is poor. Published by Elsevier B.V. (Less)
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  abstract     = {{Essentially pure orthorhombic M1 and pseudo-hexagonal M2 phases were prepared using the precursor method. Consistent with literature the M1 phase was shown to be effective for propane ammoxidation to acrylonitrile while the M2 phase was essentially inert for propane activation. Both phases convert propene efficiently to acrylonitrile. Both phases show a significant selectivity dependence on the ammonia and oxygen concentrations in the feed, revealing thereby additional insights into the reaction mechanism. Physical mixtures of the two separately prepared phases exhibited symbiosis in the ammoxidation of propane when finally divided (similar to5 mum), thoroughly mixed and brought into intimate contact with each other. Acrylonitrile yields significantly higher than those obtained with the M1 phase alone were demonstrated with a 50 wt.% M1/50 wt.% M2 physical mixture having a corresponding Surface area ratio of about 4:1. The phase cooperation effect is particularly large at high propane conversions and non-existent when the particle size of the phases is too large (e.g. >250 mum) and the inter-particle contact is poor. Published by Elsevier B.V.}},
  author       = {{Holmberg, Johan and Grasselli, Robert K and Andersson, Arne}},
  issn         = {{0926-860X}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1-2}},
  pages        = {{121--134}},
  publisher    = {{Elsevier}},
  series       = {{Applied Catalysis A: General}},
  title        = {{Catalytic behaviour of M1, M2, and M1/M2 physical mixtures of the Mo-V-Nb-Te-oxide system in propane and propene ammoxidation}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apcata.2004.04.029}},
  doi          = {{10.1016/j.apcata.2004.04.029}},
  volume       = {{270}},
  year         = {{2004}},
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