Process for producing antimony-containing oxide catalyst supported on silica for use in fluidized bed reaction

Abstract

A process for producing an antimony-containing oxide catalyst supported on silica for use in a fluidized bed reaction is described, by the steps of preparing a slurry containing an antimony compound, a polyvalent metal compound, and silica sol as the essential ingredients, heat treating the slurry at a pH of 7 or less and at a temperature of 40.degree. C. or higher, and thereafter spray-drying the slurry and calcining the dried particles, wherein said silica sol has a multi-peak particle size distribution profile that is derived by using a mixture of silica sol A in an amount corresponding to form 10 to 90 wt % of the total silica in the catalyst and silica sol B in an amount corresponding to 90 to 10 wt % of the total silica in the catalyst, with silica sols A and B having different average particle sizes, provided that the relations 3<da<100 and 0.1<da/db<0.9 are satisfied by da (m.mu.), the average particle size of silica sol A, and db (m.mu.), the average particle size of silica sol B.

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