Cover -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- PROLOGUE -- CHAPTER 1. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF METALS AND ALLOYS -- 1.1 A microscopic theory of solids -- 1.2 Some results of the theory of chemisorption on metals and alloys -- 1.3 Adsorption of molecules and radicals which are intermediates in catalytic reactions -- 1.4 Macroscopic thermodynamic theory of alloys -- CHAPTER 2. EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS, RELEVANT TO RESEARCH ON ALLOYS -- 2.1 Photoelectron Spectroscopy (PES) -- 2.2 Auger spectroscopy -- 2.3 Other methods -- CHAPTER 3. THE ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE OF ALLOYS.

EXPERIMENTAL RESULTS -- 3.1 Magnetic measurements -- 3.2 The Mössbauer effect -- 3.3 Photoemission Spectroscopy (PES) -- 3.4 Soft X-ray emission and absorption -- 3.5 Conclusions -- CHAPTER 4. SURFACE COMPOSITION OF ALLOYS -- 4.1 General remarks on surfaces of metals -- 4.2 Binary systems with surface segregation -- 4.3 Surface segregation in catalytically interesting alloys -- CHAPTER 5. PHYSICAL PROPERTIES AND STRUCTURES OF SMALL METAL AND ALLOY PARTICLES -- 5.1 The electronic structure of small free metal particles -- 5.2 Equilibrium shape and thermal properties of small metal particles.

5.3 Adsorption sites on small metal particles -- 5.4 Reactivity of small metal particles -- 5.5 Polarization and charging of small metal particles by a support -- CHAPTER 6. THE CATALYTIC CYCLE -- 6.1 Prelude -- 6.2 The role of reaction mechanism in catalytic research -- 6.3 Methods of investigating catalysed reactions -- 6.4 Kinetics of heterogeneously catalysed reactions -- 6.5 Structure sensitivity and particle size effects -- 6.6 Catalytic consequence of metal-support interactions -- CHAPTER 7. PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF METAL AND ALLOY CATALYSTS -- 7.1 Macroscopic materials.

7.2 Small unsupported metal particles -- 7.3 Supported metal catalysts -- 7.4 Characterization of alloy catalysts -- CHAPTER 8. ADSORPTION ON ALLOYS -- 8.1 Ensemble size and composition effects -- 8.2 Ensemble statistics and the extent of adsorption -- 8.3 Adsorption as a probe of active sites on alloys -- 8.4 Adsorption of simple gases on alloys -- CHAPTER 9. CATALYSIS BY ALLOYS -- GENERAL FEATURES -- 9.1 Basic problems -- 9.2 Investigation of electronic structure effects by means of catalytic reactions -- 9.3 Important side effects of alloying.

CHAPTER 10. REACTIONS OF HYDROGEN AND ALKANE-DEUTERIUM EXCHANGE -- 10.1 Reactions involving only hydrogen and its analogues -- 10.2 The equilibrium of hydrogen + deuterium and para- hydrogen conversion -- 10.3 Exchange of alkanes with deuterium -- CHAPTER 11. CATALYTIC HYDROGENATION AND DEHYDROGENATION -- 11.1 Hydrogenation of alkenes -- 11.2 Hydrogenation of alkynes and alkadienes -- 11.3 Hydrogenation of aromatic compounds -- 11.4 Hydrogenation of other unsaturated groups -- 11.5 Dehydrogenation -- 11.6 Hydrogenation of diatomic molecules: oxygen and nitrogen -- CHAPTER 12. OXIDATION REACTIONS.

12.1 Fundamentals -- chemisorption of the reactants.