Catalysis -- Paul H_Emmet -- Volume 1 Fundamental Principles (Part 1) -- Revised Edition --1961

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CATALYSIS VOLUME I FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES (PART 1) --------------------- Edited by PAUL H. EMMETT Gulf Research and Development Company's Multiple Fellowship Mellon Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania --------------------------- Contributing Authors Herman E. Ries, Jr. Keith J. Laidler W. B. Innes F. G. ClAPETTA C. J. Plank P. W. Selwood -------------------------------------- CONTENTS -------------------------------------- 1. Physical Adsorption, Herman E. Ries, Jr. 1 Introduction. 1 Experimental Methods. 3 Theories of Physical Adsorption. 6 Capillary Condensation and Pore Structure. 22 ---------------------------- 2. Measurement of the Surface Area of Solid Catalysts, Paul H. Emmett. 31 Introduction. 31 Surface Area Measurements by Low-Temperature Gas Adsorption Methods. 32 Critique of the Measurement of Surface Areas by Gas Adsorption Methods. 46 Application of Surface Area Measuring Methods in the Study of Solid Catalysts. 53 Other Methods for Measuring the Surface Areas of Finely Divided and PorousSolids. 57 Summary. 69 ---------------------------- 3. Chemisorption, Keith J. Laidler. 75 The Data of Chemisorption. 86 Ideal Adsorption. 90 Statistical Treatment of Ideal Adsorption. 93 Surface Heterogeneity. 101 Interaction Between Adsorbed Molecules. 105 Thermodynamics of Chemisorption. 114 ---------------------------- 4 Kinetic Laws in Surface Catalysis, Keith J. Laidler. ... 119 Basic KineticLaws. 119 Mechanism of Surface Catalysis. 127 Kinetic Laws for Unimolecular Reactions. 130 Discussion of Experimental Data on Unimolecular Reac- • tions. 137 Kinetic Laws for Bimolecular Reactions. 151 Discussion of Experimental Data on Bimolecular Reac¬ tions. 159 Special Types of Reactions. 176 Kinetics in the Case of Interactions Between Adsorbed Molecules. 188 The Time Course of Surface Reactions. 188 ---------------------------- 5. The Absolute Rates of Surface Reactions, Keith J. Laidler. 195 Theory of Absolute Reaction Rates. 195 Absolute Rates of Adsorption. 19b The Parahydrogen Conversion on Tungsten. 210 Unimolecular Reactions. 211 Interaction Between an Adsorbed Molecule and a Gase¬ ousMolecule. 217 Some Special Reactions. 219 Activation Energies of Surface Reactions. 234 Kinetics in the Case of Interactions Between Adsorbed Molecules. 239 ---------------------------- 6. Catalyst Carriers, Promoters, Accelerators, Poisons, and Inhibitors, IT. B. Innes. 245 CatalystCarriers. 245 Promoters. 272 Accelerators. 281 Poisons. 299 Inhibitors. 307 ---------------------------- 7. Catalyst Preparation, F. G. Ciapetta and C. J. Plank . . . . 315 General Techniques of Catalyst Preparation. 315 Catalyst Preparation—Literature References. 324 Catalyst Preparation—Experimental. 340 ---------------------------- 8. Magnetism and Catalysis, P. W. Selwood. 353 Introduction. 353 Theories of Magnetism. 354 Application of Magnetic Susceptibilities to Catalyst Structure. 359 Thermomagnetic Analysis. 366 Experimental Methods. 372 ---------------------------- AuthorIndex. 331 SubjectIndex. 339