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Informationen zum Autor Adriano Zecchina, Ph.D, is Professor Emeritus of the University of Turin, where he was full professor of physical chemistry from 1975 to 2009. He is a member of the National Academy of Lincei and Academia Europaea. His research is mainly devoted to studying the surface properties of catalytic materials with spectroscopic methods. Salvatore Califano, Ph.D, is the director of the European Laboratory of Molecular Spectroscopy in Florence, Italy. His main research focuses on dynamics of molecular crystals and determination of the lifetime of phonons and vibrons by pico- and femtosecond spectroscopy or by high-resolution infrared and Raman spectroscopy. Klappentext This book gradually brings the reader, through illustrations of the most crucial discoveries, into the modern world of chemical catalysis. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies.* Highlights the field's onset up to its modern days, covering the life and achievements of luminaries of the catalytic era* Appeals to general audience in interpretation and analysis, but preserves the precision and clarity of a scientific approach* Fills the gap in publications that cover the history of specific catalytic processes Zusammenfassung This book gradually brings the reader, through illustrations of the most crucial discoveries, into the modern world of chemical catalysis. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface ix 1 From the Onset to the First Large-Scale Industrial Processes 1 1.1 Origin of the Catalytic Era 1 1.2 Berzelius and the Affinity Theory of Catalysis 4 1.3 Discovery of the Occurrence of Catalytic Processes in Living Systems in the Nineteenth Century 6 1.4 Kinetic Interpretation of Catalytic Processes in Solutions: The Birth of Homogeneous Catalysis 8 1.5 Onset of Heterogeneous Catalysis 18 1.6 First Large-Scale Industrial Processes Based on Heterogeneous Catalysts 26 1.6.1 Sulfuric Acid Synthesis 26 1.6.2 Ammonia Problem 29 1.6.3 Ammonia Oxidation Process 32 1.6.4 Ammonia Synthesis 33 1.7 Fischer-Tropsch Catalytic Process 40 1.8 Methanol Synthesis 44 1.9 Acetylene Production and Utilization 46 1.10 Anthraquinone Process for Hydrogen Peroxide Production 47 References 49 2 Historical Development of Theories of Catalysis 59 2.1 Heterogeneous Catalysis 59 2.2 Chemical Kinetics and the Mechanisms of Catalysis 62 2.3 Electronic Theory of Catalysis: Active Sites 72 References 76 3 Catalytic Processes Associated with Hydrocarbons and the Petroleum Industry 83 3.1 Petroleum and Polymer Eras 83 3.2 Catalytic Cracking, Isomerization, and Alkylation of Petroleum Fractions 84 3.3 Reforming Catalysts 91 3.4 Hydrodesulfurization (HDS) Processes 93 3.5 Hydrocarbon Hydrogenation Reactions with Heterogeneous Catalysts 94 3.6 Olefin Polymerization: Ziegler-Natta, Metallocenes, and Phillips Catalysts 98 3.7 Selective Oxidation Reactions 109 3.7.1 Alkane Oxidation 109 3.7.2 Olefin Oxidation 110 3.7.3 Aromatic Compounds Oxidation 111 3.8 Ammoximation and Oxychlorination of Olefins 113 3.9 Ethylbenzene and Styrene Catalytic Synthesis 117 3.10 Heterogeneous Metathesis 118 3.11 Catalytic Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene from Hydrocarbon Feedstocks 119 References 121 4 Surface Science Methods in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century 131 4.1 Real Dispersed Catalysts versus Single Crystals: A Decreasing Gap 131 4.2 Physical Methods for the Study of Dispersed Systems and Real Catalysts 132...
