THE PHYSICAL BASIS FOR HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS is the proceedings of the ninth Battelle Colloquium in the Materials Sciences, held in Gstaad, Switzerland, September 2-6, 1974. It took as its theme the application of modern theoretical and experimental surface physics to heterogeneous catalysis. Progress in the field by classical chemical methods seemed to have slowed down, at a time when the need for better catalysts was particularly great. The Organizing Committee thought it might be possible to accelerate progress by the application of the powerful techniques evolved in recent years for studying atomically clean surfaces. However, the translation of ideas derived from clean single crystal surfaces with well characterized chemisorbed layers to real catalysts with high ratios of surface to mass on which reactions were taking place and requiring transport of mass and energy is a giant step, raising many questions and requiring thorough discussion by surface physicists on the one hand and catalytic chemists on the other. The 1974 Battelle Colloquium provided a forum for this exchange. As its usual custom, the Colloquium started the first day of introduc tory lectures by three distinguished scientists who have contributed impor tantly over many years to this field.
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978-1-4615-8759-0 (9781461587590)
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10.1007/978-1-4615-8759-0
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One Introductory Lectures.- 1. Fifty Years of Progress in the Study of the Catalytic Synthesis of Ammonia.- 2. Thermodynamics of Adsorption.- 3. The Specification of Active Centers in Metal Catalysts.- Two Experiments on Clean Metal Surfaces with Adsorbates.- 1. The Use of X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ESCA) for Studying Adsorbed Molecules.- 2. The Interactions and Reactions of Alkenes on Single-Crystal Surfaces of Platinum and a Comparison of Some Reactions in Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis.- 3. Alkali Atom Adsorption on Nickel-Structure and Electric Excitations.- 4. Low-Energy Electron Diffraction Studies of Clean and Overlayered Surfaces.- 5. Orbital Energy Spectra Produced by Sorbed Atoms.- 6. Molecular Interactions in Adsorbed Layers.- 7. The Applicability of Electron Emission Spectroscopy to Elucidate Chemisorption.- 8. Field Ion Microscope Studies of Interactions Between Atoms Adsorbed on Tungsten (110) Surfaces.- Agenda Discussion: Experiments on Clean Metal Surfaces with Adsorbates.- Three Theory of Chemisorption.- 1. Theoretical Studies of Metal Aggregates and Organometallic Complexes Relevant to Catalysis.- 2. Density Functional Theory of Metal Surfaces and of Chemisorption on Metals.- 3. Theory of Chemisorption in Relation to Heterogeneous Catalysis.- Agenda Discussion: Theory of Chemisorption.- Four The Effect of Small Particles and Porous Carriers.- 1. Catalytic and Magnetic Anisotropy of Iron Surfaces.- 2. Characterization of Porous Materials, in Particular Raney Platinum.- Agenda Discussion: Small Particles.- Five Kinetics and Transport.- 1. Field Ionization at Surfaces Investigated by Mass Spectrometry.- 2. The Mechanism of Hydrocarbon Catalysis on Platinum Crystal Surfaces.- 3. Theory of Energy and Momentum Exchange Between Neutral GasAtoms and Metal Surface.- 4. Reactions Catalyzed Near Second Ordered Phase Transitions of the Substrate.- 5. Isothermal Desorption Measurements.- 6. Condensation Kinetics and Mechanisms.- Agenda Discussion: Kinetics and Transport.- Six Applications to Catalysis.- 1. Classical Methods in Catalysis Research.- 2. Particle Growth in Supported Catalyst.- 3. A New Method to Elucidate the Mechanism of Heterogeneous Catalysis by Means of Microwave Spectroscopic Techniques.- 4. Experimental Results Relating to the Influence of Hot Electrons (Electrical Current Flow Through the Catalyst) on Catalyzed Reactions.- Seven Concluding Agenda Discussion: Critical Issues.- Experimental.- Theory.- Author Index.
