Patent number: 6479691
Abstract: A catalyst composition represented by the following empirical formula which is useful in production of unsaturated nitrites by ammoxidation:
Mo10BiaFebSbcNidCreFfGgHhKkXxYyOi(SiO2)j
wherein F represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of zirconium, lanthanum and cerium, G represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of magnesium, cobalt, manganese and zinc, H represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of vanadium, niobium, tantalum and tungsten, x represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, boron, and tellurium, Y represents at least one element selected from the group consisting of lithium, sodium, rubidium and cesium, the suffixes a-k, x and y represent a ratio of atoms or atomic groups, and a=0.1-3, b=0.3-15, c=0-20, d=3-8, e=0.2-2, f=0.05-1, e/f>1, g=0-5, h=0-3, k=0.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 18, 2000
Date of Patent:
November 12, 2002
Assignee:
Mitsubishi Rayon Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Yutaka Sasaki, Kunio Mori, Yoshimi Nakamura, Takao Shimizu, Yuichi Tagawa, Kenichi Miyaki, Seiichi Kawato