Catalytic hydrolysis of sucrose in the presence of vanadium oxide nanoparticles on SiO2

The kinetics of heterogeneous catalytic hydrolysis of sucrose in the presence of the V2O5/SiO2 catalyst was studied using polarimetry. The optimum conditions for the reaction were selected. The activation parameters were calculated from the Arrhenius and Eyring equations. The particle size of the catalyst was determined by X-ray diffraction analysis.