1. General features
1.1 What is a catalyst?
A catalyst is a substance, solid, liquid or gas, which increases the speed of a chemical reaction without appearing in the final products.
Figures 1 and 2 show two reaction examples:
the first mono-molecular, isomerization of A into B,
the second is bimolecular, with the addition of A and B leading to two products, C and D,
that the catalyst opens up a new, easier path than stoichiometric (non-catalytic) transformations....
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Physical properties of solid catalysts
Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Standard Test Method for Testing Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Catalysts by Microactivity Test. - ASTM D3907-03 -
Periodicals
ACS Catalysis, American Chemical Society.
Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, Wiley-VCH.
Applied Catalysis–A: General; B: Environmental, Elsevier.
Catalysis Communications, Elsevier.
Catalysis Letters, Springer.
Catalysis Science and Technology, Royal Society of Chemistry.
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Directories
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Catalyst users
BP
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