The present invention relates to catalyst compositions containing a mixed oxide catalyst of formula (I) or formula (II) as described herein, their preparation, and their use in a process for ammoxidation of various organic compounds to their corresponding nitriles and to the selective catalytic oxidation of excess NH.sub.3 present in effluent gas streams to N.sub.2 and/or NO.sub.x.

A catalyst comprising molybdenum, bismuth, iron, and nickel, wherein a proportion of a surface concentration of the nickel to a bulk concentration of the nickel is 0.60 to 1.20.

A method for producing acrylonitrile, having: a catalyst treatment step of preparing a composite metal oxide catalyst including molybdenum, bismuth, and iron and including 50 ppm or more of carbon; and a vapor-phase catalytic oxidation step of subjecting propylene to ammoxidation reaction using the composite metal oxide catalyst to produce acrylonitrile.

A method for producing an ammoxidation catalyst, the method including: a step (i) of preparing a starting material slurry comprising molybdenum, bismuth, iron, and a carboxylic acid compound; a step (ii) of stirring the starting material slurry in a temperature range of 30 to 50° C. for 20 minutes to 8 hours, thereby preparing a precursor slurry; a step of spray-drying the precursor slurry, thereby obtaining a dried particle; and a step of calcining the dried particle.

A process for the continuous production of either acrolein or acrylic acid as the target product from propene comprising a catalyzed gas phase partial oxidation of propene to yield a product gas containing the target product, transferring the target product in a separating zone from the product gas into the liquid phase and conducting out of the separating zone a stream of residual gas the major portion of which is returned into the partial oxidation and the remaining portion of said stream is purged from the process as off-gas from which synthesis gas can be produced or which can be added to synthesis gas produced otherwise.

A method for producing a catalyst, including a slurry preparation step of preparing a slurry comprising a Mo compound, an Fe compound, a Bi compound, and an additive having a decomposition temperature of 500° C. or less; a drying step of drying the slurry to obtain a dried material; and a calcination step of calcining the dried material to obtain a calcined material, wherein the calcination step comprises a step of raising temperature of a calcination atmosphere to a predetermined temperature, and a temperature raising rate is 10° C./min or less at least at a temperature equal to or lower than the decomposition temperature of the additive.

A metal oxide catalyst, which has a bulk composition represented by formula (1) below and which is used to produce a conjugated diolefin by an oxidative dehydrogenation reaction between a monoolefin, having 4 or more carbon atoms, and molecular oxygen, wherein standard deviation obtained by dividing a ratio of Bi molar concentration relative to Mo molar concentration at the surface of a catalyst particle by a ratio of the Bi molar concentration relative to the Mo molar concentration in a catalyst bulk is 0.3 or less.
Mo.sub.12Bi.sub.pFe.sub.qA.sub.aB.sub.bC.sub.cD.sub.dE.sub.eF.sub.fO.sub.x  (1)
(In the formula, A is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Ni and Co, B is at least one type of element selected from among alkali metal elements, C is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Mg, Ca, Sr, Ba, Zn and Mn, D is at least one type of rare earth element, E is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Cr, In and Ga, F is at least one type of element selected from the group consisting of Si, Al, Ti and Zr, O is oxygen, p, q, a, b, c, d, e, f and x denote the number of atoms of Bi, Fe, A, B, C, D, E, F and oxygen, respectively, relative to 12 Mo atoms, and are such that 0.1≤p≤5, 0.5≤q≤8, 0≤a≤10, 0.02≤b≤2, 0≤c≤5, 0≤d≤5, 0≤e≤5 and 0≤f≤200, and x is the number of oxygen atoms required to satisfy valency requirement of other elements present.)

A catalyst for producing unsaturated aldehyde and unsaturated carboxylic acid, wherein the cumulative pore volume (A) of pores having a pore diameter of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less, in the catalyst, is 0.12 ml/g or more and 0.19 ml/g or less, and the ratio (A/B) of the cumulative pore volume (A) to the cumulative pore volume (B) of pores having a pore diameter of 1 μm or more and 100 μm or less, in a pulverized product not passing through a Tyler 6 mesh, in a pulverized product obtained by pulverization of the catalyst under a particular condition is 0.30 or more and 0.87 or less.

The present invention provides a catalyst comprising molybdenum, bismuth, and iron, wherein a reduction rate is in a range of 0.20 to 5.00%.

The present invention provides a method for producing a catalyst for ammoxidation, comprising steps of: preparing a catalyst precursor slurry comprising a liquid phase and a solid phase; drying the catalyst precursor slurry to obtain dry a particle; and calcining the dry particle to obtain a catalyst for ammoxidation, wherein the solid phase of the catalyst precursor slurry comprises an aggregate containing a metal and a carrier, metal primary particles constituting the aggregate have a particle size of 1 μm or smaller, and an average particle size of the metal primary particles is 40 nm or larger and 200 nm or smaller.