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Industrial application

Sulphuric acid catalyst

The use of vanadium pentoxide as the catalyst in sulphuric acid manufacture. Recorded because the producer of the material names it, on the data sheet for one specific grade — not because vanadium is known to catalyse anything.

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CATALYSIS

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EstablishedNamed on article 2008 620 under Application, catalyst industry: used for sulfuric acid, adipic acid. Absent from articles 2008 582 and 2008 599.

Reported for this deposit

The producer names sulphuric acid catalysis as a use of its CHEMICALLY PURE grade of vanadium pentoxide. It does not name that use on either high purity sheet.

  • assertion basis: SOURCE_REPORTED

Evidence support: Supported by the cited evidence 2 sources, multiple sources, independence unknown

Evidence: GfE Metalle und Materialien GmbH (AMG Titanium), Höfener Str. 45, 90431 Nürnberg, Germany 2026 Peer-reviewed; GfE Metalle und Materialien GmbH (AMG Titanium), Höfener Str. 45, 90431 Nürnberg, Germany 2026 Peer-reviewed

Record last updated 2026-09-10. Corrections follow the published corrections policy; superseded claims are retained, never silently edited.