CHEM 445

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Course No.

Course Title

No. of Units

Pre-requisites

Th.

Pr.

Credit

 

Chem 445

Catalysis

2

-

2

345

 

Objectives of the course :

The course aims to give the students the principles of Catalysis.

 

Course Description:

Introduction - Homogeneous Catalysis - Heterogeneous Catalysis - Thermodynamics and energetic; Kinetics of heterogeneous Catalysis – Adsorption- Metal Catalysis and trends in the periodic table- Taylor’s theory of active centers - Multiplet theory of catalysis - Methods of studying catalysis - Catalysis for industrial processes - Enzyme Catalysis .

Main text books :       

 

Introduction to Surface Chemistry and Catalysis, G.A.Somorjai, 1994, Wiley-InterScience.

 

Subsidiary books :

§  Heterogeneous Catalysis in Industrial Practice; C. N. Satterfield, 1991, McGraw-Hill.

§  Catalysis at Surfaces, J. M. Cambell, 1988.

§  Heterogeneous Catalysis Principals and Applications, G. C. Bond, 1987, Oxford.


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