MgVO oxide with Mg/V atomic ratios of 2/2 and 3/2, were mixed mechanically with alpha-Sb2O4. Chemical changes during oxidative dehydrogenation of propane (ODP) and under calcination treatment were studied. In Mg/V(2/2) + alpha-Sb2O4, magnesium vanadate is contaminated during ODP and a new phase, MgSb2O6, was formed after only 1 day of calcination at 823 K. In Mg/V(3/2) + alpha-Sb2O4, no indication of surface contamination or new phase formation was detected during ODP or calcination. The catalytic performances of both mixtures are explained in the light of these results.
Carrazan, S., Peres, C., Ruwet, M., Ruiz, P., & Delmon, B. (1997). Solid state reaction in Mg-V-O-Sb catalysts. Solid State Ionics, 101, 737-742. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0167-2738(97)00181-1 (Original work published 1997)