Front Cover; Advances in Catalysis: and Related Subjects; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Professor W.E. Garner; Chapter 1. Chemisorption and Catalysis on Metallic Oxides; I. Introduction; II. The Adsorption and Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; III. The Uptake of Oxygen by Metals and Metallic Oxides; IV. The Emergence and Significance of the Electronic Factor; V. Adsorption and Catalysis on Doped Oxides; VI. Photoadsorption and Photocatalysis; VII. Conclusion; References; Chapter 2. Radiation Catalysis; I. Introduction.

II. Experimental Studies of Some Irradiated Heterogeneous SystemsIII. General Degradation Scheme of Radiation Energy in Solids; IV. Radiation Catalysis; V. Some Comments About the Experimental Results; VI. General Conclusion; Appendix; References; Chapter 3. Polyfunctional Heterogeneous Catalysis; I. Introduction; II. Principles of Polystep Catalysis; III. The Technique of Physically Mixed Catalyst Components; IV. Some Major Polystep Reactions of Hydrocarbons; V. The Petroleum Naphtha "Reforming" Reaction; VI. Other Polystep Reactions; VII. Conclusions; References.

Chapter 4. A New Electron Diffraction Technique, Potentially Applicable to Research in CatalysisI. Experimental Apparatus; II. Oxygen on Nickel; References; Chapter 5. The Structure and Analysis of Complex Reaction Systems; I. Introduction; II. Reversible Monomolecular Systems; III. The Determination of the Values of the Rate Constants for Typical Reversible Monomolecular Systems Using the Characteristic Directions; IV. Irreversible Monomolecular Systems; V. Miscellaneous Topics Concerning Monomolecular Systems; VI. Pseudo-Mass-Action Systems in Heterogeneous Catalysis.

VII. Qualitative Features of General Complex Reaction SystemsVIII. General Discussion and Literature Survey; Appendices; I. The Orthogonal Characteristic System; II. Explicit Solution for the General Three Component System; III. A Convenient Method for Computing the Characteristic Vectors and Roots of the Rate Constant Matrix K; IV. Canonical Forms; V. List of Symbols; References; Chapter 6. Catalytic Effects in Isocyanate Reactions; I. Introduction; II. Polymerization of Isocyanates; III. Reactions of Isocyanates with Compounds Containing Active Hydrogen; IV. Applications; References.