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Catalysis by Gold

Book information

Publisher
Imperial College Press
Year
2006
ISBN
9781860946585, 1860946585
Open Library ID
OL8628201M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
22 MB (23137691 bytes)
Series
Catalytic Science
Pages
382\382
Topic
Chemistry
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-11-09 02:42:13

Description

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic activity in many chemical reactions. Gold is active as a heterogeneous catalyst in both gas and liquid phases, and complexes catalyse reactions homogeneously in solution. Many of the reactions being studied will lead to new application areas for catalysis by gold in pollution control, chemical processing, sensors and fuel cell technology. This book describes the properties of gold, the methods for preparing gold catalysts and ways to characterise and use them effectively in reactions. The reaction mechanisms and reasons for the high activities are discussed and the applications for gold catalysis considered.

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