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selected American histories : based on a symposium sponsored by the Division of History of Chemistry, at the 183rd Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Las Vegas, Nevada, March 28-April 2, 1982
1 online resource (xiii, 536 pages) : illustrations
Heterogeneous catalysis before 1934 / Robert L. Burwell, Jr. -- Insiders, outsiders, and surfaces : Irving Langmuir's contribution to catalysis / George L. Gaines, Jr. and George Wise -- V.N. Ipatieff : as I knew him / Herman Pines -- Sir Hugh Taylor : the man -- John E. Benson and M. Boudart / Paul H. Emmett : six decades of contributions to catalysis / Robert L. Garten -- The contributions of Eugene J. Houdry to the development of catalytic cracking / Alex G. Oblad -- Herman pines and organic heterogeneous catalysis / Norman E. Hoffman -- Early catalysis research with para-hydrogen and heavy hydrogen / Adalbert Farkas -- Allan T. Gwathmey and his contributions to the science of catalysis / Henry Leidheiser, Jr. -- Contributions of P.W. Selwood to catalysis research / R.P. Eischens -- The development of the platforming process : some personal and catalytic recollections / Vladimir Haensel -- Otto Beeck and his colleagues in catalysis / J. Norton Wilson -- Ernest W. Thiele : a pioneer in defining the role of diffusion in heterogeneous catalysis / Ravi Randhava -- Ahlborn Wheeler : catalytic scientist / G. Alex Mills -- Early infrared studies of adsorbed molecules at Beacon / R.P. Eischens -- The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory / Paul H. Emmett -- Einstein in the U.S. Navy / Stephen Brunauer -- The history of the BET paper / Edward Teller -- The carbonium ion mechanism of catalytic cracking / Hervey H. Voge -- A history of early catalytic cracking research at Universal Oil Products Company / Charles L. Thomas -- Development of the theory of catalytic cracking / Rowland C. Hansford -- The invention of zeolite cracking catalysts : a personal viewpoint / Charles J. Plank -- The development of fluid catalytic cracking / C.E. Jahnig, H.Z. Martin, and D.L. Campbell -- The development of hydrocracking / Richard F. Sullivan and John W. Scott -- Selective oxidation by heterogeneous catalysis / Robert K. Grasselli -- Methanol : bright past, brilliant future? / Alvin B. Stiles -- Applications of magnetic resonance in catalytic research / Wallace S. Brey -- Chain growth and iron nitrides in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis / Robert B. Anderson -- Discovery and development of olefin disproportionation (metathesis) / Robert L. Banks -- The development of automotive exhaust catalysts / George R. Lester -- Attempts to measure the number of active sites / Russell W. Maatman -- Leonard C. Drake : his contributions to the development of mercury porosimetry for catalyst characterization / Burtron H. Davis -- Catalysis at Princeton University Chemistry Department / John Turkevich -- Murray Raney : pioneer catalyst producer / Raymond B. Seymour and Stewart R. Montgomery -- Frank G. Ciapetta : pioneer in catalytic chemistry / W.P. Hettinger, Jr. -- A society of catalytic chemists and engineers / Heinz Heinemann.
Burtron H. Davis, editor, William P. Hettinger, Jr., editor.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Washington, D.C. : American Chemical Society, 1983