Cover; Copyright; Contributors to Volume XI; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. The Kinetics of the Stereospeciflc Polymerization of a-Oleflns; I. Introduction to Anionic Coordinated Polymerization of a-Olefins; II. Over-All Kinetics of Polymerization Process; III. Chain Transfer, Termination Processes, and Molecular Weight of the Polymers; IV. Steric Composition of Polymers; V. Determination of the Number of Active Centers; VI. Mean Lifetime of the Growing Polymeric Chains; VII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 2. Surface Potentials and Adsorption Process on Metals; I. Introduction.

II. The Surface Properties of MetalsIII. The Modification of Surface Properties by Adsorbates . .; IV. The Preparation of Clean Metal Surfaces; V. The Measurement of Work-Function Changes; VI. Adsorption and Work-Function Studies; VII. Surface-Potential Data; VIII. Electron Transfer and Bond Formation; IX. The Kinetics of Desorption and Surface Migration; X. Surface Reaction Mechanisms; XI. Heats of Adsorption; XII. Conclusions; References; Chapter 3. Gas Reactions of Carbon; I. Introduction; II. Thermodynamics of Gas-Carbon Reactions.

III. Review of General Mechanisms for the Gas-Carbon ReactionsIV. Review of Kinetics for the Gas-Carbon Reactions; V. Role of Mass Transport in Gas-Carbon Reactions; VI. Use of Density and Area Profiles on Reacted Carbon Rods for Better Understanding of Gas-Carbon Reactions; VII. Some Factors, Other than Mass Transport, Which Affect the Rate of Gas- Carbon Reactions; Appendix; References; Chapter 4. The Catalytic Exchange of Hydrocarbons with Deuterium; I. Introduction; II. General Aspects of Exchange Reactions; III. The Exchange of Molecules Possessing a High Degree of Symmetry.

IV. The Exchange of Molecules Possessing 8 Low Degree of SymmetryV. Some Results with Unsaturated Molecules; VI. Concluding Remarks; References; Chapter 5. lmmersional Heats and the Nature of Solid Surfaces; I. Introduction; II. Experimintal; III. Wetting and Adsorption Thermodynamics; IV. Wetting by Water; V. Wetting by Organic Liquids; VI. Average Polarity of Solids; VII. Site Energy Distribution; VIII. Solution Adsorption; References; Chapter 6. The Catalytic Activation of Hydrogen in Homogeneous, Heterogeneous, and Biological Systems; I. Introduction; II. Homogeneous Systems.

III. Heterogeneous SystemsIV. Biological Systems; V. Concluding Remarks; References; Author Index; Subject Index.