Principles and practice of heterogeneous catalysis / / J. M. Thomas and W. J. Thomas

• Autore: Thomas J. M.
• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH, , 2015; ©2015
• Edizione: Second revised edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (767 p.)
• Disciplina: 541.3/95
• Soggetto topico: Heterogeneous catalysis
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Persona (resp. second.): ThomasW. J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Principles and Practice of Heterogeneous Catalysis; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Setting the Scene; 1.1 Prologue: Advances since the Early 1990s; 1.2 Introduction; 1.2.1 Selectivity of Catalysts; 1.3 Perspectives in Catalysis: Past, Present and Future; 1.3.1 Applied Catalysis since the 1940s; 1.3.2 Some Current Trends in Applied Catalysis; 1.3.2.1 Auto-Exhaust Catalysts; 1.3.2.2 Catalysts in Electrochemistry and Photoelectrochemistry; 1.3.2.3 Immobilized Metals; 1.3.2.4 Immobilized Enzymes and Cells: Present and Future; 1.3.2.5 Ribozymes; 1.4 Definition of Catalytic Activity ; 1.4.1 Magnitude of Turnover Frequencies and Active Site Concentrations1.4.2 Volcano Plots; 1.4.3 Evolution of Important Concepts and Techniques in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1.4.3.1 Mechanistic Insights from Isotopic Labelling; 1.4.3.2 Concepts from Organometallic Chemistry; 1.5 Key Advances in Recent Theoretical Treatments: Universability in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1.5.1 Some Major Current Developments in Heterogeneous Catalysis; 1.6 Milestones Reached in Industrial Catalysis in the Twentieth Century, and Some Consequential Challenges; Problems; References; Further Reading ; Chapter 2 The Fundamentals of Adsorption: Structural and Dynamical Considerations, Isotherms and Energetics2.1 Catalysis Must Always Be Preceded by Adsorption; 2.1.1 Physical Adsorption, Chemisorption and Precursor States; 2.2 The Surfaces of Clean Solids are Sometimes Reconstructed; 2.3 There Are Many Well-Defined Kinds of Ordered Adlayers; 2.4 Adsorption Isotherms and Isobars; 2.4.1 The Empirical Facts; 2.4.2 Information That Can Be Gleaned from Isotherms; 2.4.3 Adsorption Is Almost Invariably Exothermic; 2.5 Dynamical Considerations; 2.5.1 Residence Times; 2.5.2 Rates of Adsorption ; 2.5.3 Applying Statistical Mechanics to Adsorption2.5.4 Adsorption Kinetics Can Often Be Represented by the Elovich Equation; 2.5.5 Rates of Desorption; 2.5.6 Applying Statistical Mechanics to Desorption; 2.5.7 Influence of a Precursor State on the Kinetics of Desorption; 2.6 Relating the Activation Energy to the Energy of Chemisorption. Universality in Heterogeneous Catalysis and the Brønsted-Evans-Polanyi (BEP) Relation; 2.6.1 Pareto-Optimal Catalysts; 2.7 Deriving Adsorption Isotherms from Kinetic Principles ; 2.7.1 Using the Langmuir Isotherm to Estimate the Proportions of Non-dissociative and Associative Adsorption2.7.2 Other Adsorption Isotherms; 2.7.2.1 Henry's Adsorption Isotherm; 2.7.2.2 Freundlich Isotherm; 2.7.2.3 Temkin Isotherm; 2.7.2.4 Brunauer-Emmett-Teller Isotherm; 2.7.2.5 Developments from Polanyi's Adsorption Theory; 2.7.2.6 Kaganer's Isotherm and the DKR Equation; 2.7.2.7 Virial Equation of State; 2.8 Energetics of Adsorption; 2.8.1 Estimating the Binding Energies of Physically Adsorbed Species; 2.8.2 Binding Energies of Chemisorbed Species ; 2.8.3 Estimating Heats of Adsorption from Thermodynamic Data
• Sommario/riassunto: This long-awaited second edition of the successful introduction to the fundamentals of heterogeneous catalysis is now completely revised and updated. Written by internationally acclaimed experts, this textbook includes fundamentals of adsorption, characterizing catalysts and their surfaces, the significance of pore structure and surface area, solid-state and surface chemistry, poisoning, promotion, deactivation and selectivity of catalysts, as well as catalytic process engineering. A final section provides a number of examples and case histories.With its color and numerous graphics plus refere
• Titolo autorizzato: Principles and practice of heterogeneous catalysis
• ISBN: 3-527-68378-X; 3-527-68380-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910459992703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II