Catalysis (volume 30)

By (author) James Spivey; Edited by Spivey James; Edited by Han Yi-Fan
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Catalysts are required for a variety of applications and this volume looks at modern approaches to catalysis and critically reviews the extensive literature on areas such as catalysts derived from waste materials and a new tool to explore catalytic reaction mechanisms - the catalytic shock tube.
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Catalysts are required for a variety of applications. Industrialists and academics are increasingly challenged to find cost effective and environmentally benign catalysts to use. This volume looks at modern approaches to catalysis and critically reviews the extensive literature on areas such as catalysts derived from waste materials, determining the pore structure of activated carbon by nitrogen gas adsorption and a new tool to explore catalytic reaction mechanisms - the catalytic shock tube. With an emphasis on interdisciplinary content, this book is aimed at catalytic science and engineering research communities.
Table of contents
Catalysts derived from waste materials; Ligand-free subnanometre gold metal clusters and their applications; Determining the pore structure of activated carbon by nitrogen gas adsorption; Catalytic aftertreatment systems for trucks fueled by biofuels – aspects on the impact of fuel quality on catalyst deactivation; Deactivation mechanisms in methanol-tohydrocarbons chemistry; The catalytic shock tube: a new tool to explore catalytic reaction mechanisms; Recent advances on the conversion of glycerol to acrolein, 1,3-propanediol, propanol and propylene using acidic heterogeneous catalysts