The Development of Catalysis: A History of Key Processes and Personas in Catalytic Science and Technology - Hardcover

Zecchina, Adriano; Califano, Salvatore

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1119181267 ISBN 13: 9781119181262

Publisher: Wiley, 2017

Synopsis

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

About this title

About the Author

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.

From the Back Cover

With a solid theoretical structure and a powerful legacy of experimental equipment, chemistry holds a prime position among the sciences. Over the centuries, its participants came to realize, either from everyday experience or from inventive intuition, that chemical reactions could be made possible or facilitated using novel substances like catalysts or through the modification of physical parameters.

The Development of Catalysis: A History of Key Processes and Personas in the Development of Catalytic Technology presents the highlights of the catalytic chemistry revolution from beginnings to modern days in terms of the life and achievements of the era's luminaries. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies.

Although the book contains many historical details, it is not a strict history of catalysis, but rather reviews catalytic processes discovered in the last 300 years. Each chapter reviews the chronological sequence of discoveries and their innovative character and concise biographies of the main involved scientists.

The book content is partitioned into 9 chapters devoted to specific classes of processes and catalytic reactions. As such, The Development of Catalysis not only gives a complete overview of all industrial processes but also fills the gap in publications that cover the history of specific catalytic processes.

From the Inside Flap

With a solid theoretical structure and a powerful legacy of experimental equipment, chemistry holds a prime position among the sciences. Over the centuries, its participants came to realize, either from everyday experience or from inventive intuition, that chemical reactions could be made possible or facilitated using novel substances like catalysts or through the modification of physical parameters.

The Development of Catalysis: A History of Key Processes and Personas in the Development of Catalytic Technology presents the highlights of the catalytic chemistry revolution from beginnings to modern days in terms of the life and achievements of the era's luminaries. Readers and experts will better understand the enormous influence that catalysis has given to the development of modern societies.

Although the book contains many historical details, it is not a strict history of catalysis, but rather reviews catalytic processes discovered in the last 300 years. Each chapter reviews the chronological sequence of discoveries and their innovative character and concise biographies of the main involved scientists.

The book content is partitioned into 9 chapters devoted to specific classes of processes and catalytic reactions. As such, The Development of Catalysis not only gives a complete overview of all industrial processes but also fills the gap in publications that cover the history of specific catalytic processes.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1119181267
• ISBN 13: 9781119181262
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352