Process for the manufacture of maleic anhydride

摘要

A process for the manufacture of maleic anhydride by the oxidation of benzene with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst which has been previously activated and which comprises an inert support coated with a catalytically active mass containing by weight 10% to 20% of antimony trioxide, 40% to 70% of vanadium pentoxide, 20% to 50% of molybdenum trioxide, 0.7% to 1.5% of phosphorus pentoxide, 0.9% to 2.0% of sodium oxide and possibly another mineral oxide.