V2Os/AI203 solids of varying compositions were prepared, dried at 100*C and calcined in air at 400-10000C. The solid-solid interactions between the mixed oxides were investigated by means of DTA, TG and XRD techniques.The results revealed that ammonium metavanadate and aluminium hydroxide decomposed at 260 and 290~ respectively, to yield an ammonium vanadium intermediate compound and AI~O3 as solids. The intermediate compound readily decomposed at 360~ to give V205.Solid V:Os generally catalyses the crystallization of A1203 to an extent proportional to its amount present. The solid-solid interactions between A1203 and V:O3 to produce A1V204 and AIVO4 took place at 750 and 900~ These solids decomposed entirely at 1000oC, producing V205 and alpha-corundum. The pure A1203 samples employed existed as amorphous solids even when heated in air at 750~ but in the presence of V205 (7-18 wt. %) they crystallized to thetaalumina at 600~ The pure solid alumina crystallized at 1000~ to a mixture of theta and kappaalumina. In the presence of V205, alpha-corundum together with kappa and theta phases was obtained on heating at 900~