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Catalysis looks to the future / Panel on New Directions in Catalytic Science and Technology, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- National Research Council Staff, Corporate Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Catalysis.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (96 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1992.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A report of the Panel on New Directions in Catalytic Sciences and Technology, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council, documenting the achievements and impacts of catalytic technologies and detailing the resources needed to ensure the continued progress that will enable the US to remain a world leader in the provision of new catalytic technologies. Acidic paper. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
- Contents:
- CATALYSIS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
- Copyright
- Contents
- CATALYSIS LOOKS TO THE FUTURE
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
- SOCIETAL IMPACT OF CATALYTIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- WHAT ARE CATALYSTS?
- CATALYTIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES IN CATALYTIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- REPORT FINDINGS
- REPORT RECOMMENDATIONS
- For Industry
- For Academic Researchers
- For National Laboratories
- For the Federal Government
- 1 Introduction
- THE FUNCTION OF RESEARCH
- SUMMARY AND PERSPECTIVE
- 2 New Opportunities in Catalytic Technology
- SOCIETAL IMPACT OF CATALYTIC TECHNOLOGY
- PRODUCTION OF CHEMICALS
- Existing Products
- Lower-Cost Feedstocks
- New Catalytic Oxidation Processes
- New Products
- Polymers
- Pharmaceuticals
- Biologically Derived Products
- PRODUCTION OF FUELS
- Existing Fuels
- Advanced Fluidized Catalytic Cracking Catalysts for the Production of Environmentally Acceptable Gas ...
- Oxygenates for Octane Boosting
- New Fuels-Methanol Dissociation to Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen
- ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
- Alkylation Catalysts
- Replacements for Chlorofluorocarbons
- Emission Abatement
- Biodegradation of Organic Waste
- 3 Research Opportunities in Catalytic Science
- INTRODUCTION
- SYNTHESIS OF CATALYTIC MATERIALS
- CATALYST CHARACTERIZATION
- MECHANISM AND DYNAMICS OF CATALYTIC REACTIONS
- THEORY OF CATALYSIS
- CONCLUSIONS
- 4 National Resources for Catalytic Research
- INDUSTRY
- UNIVERSITIES
- NATIONAL LABORATORIES
- 5 Findings and Recommendations
- ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS
- FEDERAL GOVERNMENT
- Appendix
- CORRESPONDING CONTRIBUTORS
- PROGRAM FOR THE WORKSHOP ON NEW DIRECTIONS IN CATALYST SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9786610211654
- 9781280211652
- 1280211652
- 9780309583664
- 0309583667
- 9780585142951
- 0585142955
- OCLC:
- 559466808
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