摘要 |
A catalyst for the ammoxidation of propylene to prepare acrylonitrile with a high yield thereof comprising an oxide composition of the empirical formula (I) MoaCobNicFedBieVfCagKhXiSijOk (I) wherein X is zirconium and/or chromium, the subscripts a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i and j respectively denote the number of the respective atoms of the elements, when a=10, b=0 to 8, c=0 to 8, (b+c)=2 to 10, d=0.3 to 7, e=0.01 to 3, f=0.01 to 2, g=0.01 to 5, h=0.05 to 0.5, i=0 to 2, j=10 to 50, and the subscript k denotes the number of oxygen atoms which satisfies the average valency of the elements other than oxygen and the ratio a:k being in a range of 10:30 to 80, which catalyst is prepared by preparing an aqueous slurry containing respective element-containing compounds, by spray drying the aqueous slurry to prepare a dried solid precursory catalyst and, finally, by calcining the precursory catalyst as a temperature of from 500 DEG to 750 DEG C. to provide an activated catalyst. |