CMO-316: CATALYSIS (PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS) L T P 3 1 0 Unit 1: Basic Principles of Catalysis Adsorption isotherms, surfaces area, pore size and acid strength measurements. Unit 2: Enthalpy and entropy of adsorption Interpretation of chemisorption based on the structure and the nature of the solid state theories role of defects in catalysis. – Unit 3: Kinetics of surface reactions Rate determining step, various types of reactions, simple, parallel and consecutive reactions. Unit 4: Selection, preparation and evaluation of catalysts Test reactions, promoters, carriers and stabilizers. Unit 5: Mechanism of selected reactions Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions, hydration of alcohols, olefin dehydrogenation, decomposition of nitrous oxide, oxidation of CO, Ketonization of carboxylic acids, cracking of hydrocarbons. Unit 6: Applications Petrochemical industry reforming and refining, value added chemicals, environmental – protection, auto exhaust catalysis, novel catalytic materials clusters, zeolites, mesoporous – materials. Textbooks: 1. J. M. Thomas and W. J. Thomas, Introduction to the principles of Hetrogeneous Catalysis, Academic Press, 1967. 2. J. C. Kuriacose, Catalysis, Mcmillan Indian Limited, 1991. 3. D. K. Chakrabarty, Adsorption and Catalysis by Solids, Wiley Eastern Ltd. 1990. 4. A. W. Adamson, Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Academic Press, 1995.
CMO-316: CATALYSIS (PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS) L T P 3 1 0 Unit 1: Basic Principles of Catalysis Adsorption isotherms, surfaces area, pore size and acid strength measurements. Unit 2: Enthalpy and entropy of adsorption Interpretation of chemisorption based on the structure and the nature of the solid state theories – role of defects in catalysis. Unit 3: Kinetics of surface reactions Rate determining step, various types of reactions, simple, parallel and consecutive reactions. Unit 4: Selection, preparation and evaluation of catalysts Test reactions, promoters, carriers and stabilizers. Unit 5: Mechanism of selected reactions Hydrogenation and dehydrogenation reactions, hydration of alcohols, olefin dehydrogenation, decomposition of nitrous oxide, oxidation of CO, Ketonization of carboxylic acids, cracking of hydrocarbons. Unit 6: Applications Petrochemical industry – reforming and refining, value added chemicals, environmental protection, auto exhaust catalysis, novel catalytic materials – clusters, zeolites, mesoporous materials. Textbooks: 1. J. M. Thomas and W. J. Thomas, Introduction to the principles of Hetrogeneous Catalysis, Academic Press, 1967. 2. J. C. Kuriacose, Catalysis, Mcmillan Indian Limited, 1991. 3. D. K. Chakrabarty, Adsorption and Catalysis by Solids, Wiley Eastern Ltd. 1990. 4. A. W. Adamson, Physical Chemistry of Solid Surfaces, Academic Press, 1995.
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