Rx. Valenzuela et al., EFFECT OF DIFFERENT ADDITIVES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF V-MG-O CATALYSTS IN THE OXIDATIVE DEHYDROGENATION OF PROPANE, Reaction kinetics and catalysis letters, 55(1), 1995, pp. 213-220
The addition of K2O, Cr2O3, Sm2O3 or Nb2O5 to V-Mg-O catalyst decrease
d both activity and selectivity in propane oxydehydrogenation. By comp
aring these results with the characterization data, a relationship bet
ween propylene selectivity and catalyst reducibility was revealed. The
most easily reduced catalyst was the most selective.