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Evaluation of Kinetic Parameters
Rate data can be used to postulate a kinetic sequence for a particular catalytic reaction.…
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Kinetics of Overall Reactions
Hit Consider the entire sequence of elementary steps comprising a surface-catalyzed reaction: adsorption ofreactant(s), surface…
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Heterogeneous Catalysis
Catalysis is a term coined by Baron J. J. Berzelius in 1835 to describe the…
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Kinetics of Elementary Steps: Adsorption, Desorption, and Surface Reaction
The necessary first step in a heterogeneous catalytic reaction involves activation of a reactant molecule…
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Relaxation Methods
In the previous section the steady-state approximation was defined and illustrated. It was shown that…
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Process Description and Equipment List
AFTER THE process route has been selected, it is both possible and necessary to prepare…
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Process Comparison
Both processes follow the basic scheme outlined in Section 1.2.4 for the catalytic oxidation of…
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Process Selection – Considerations
FOLLOWING THE feasibility study, the next stage in the design project is the evaluation and…
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The Steady-State Approximation
Consider a closed system comprised of two, first-order, irreversible (one-way) elementary reactions with rate constants…
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Single Reactions
One-step reactions between stable molecules are rare since a stable molecule is by definition a…