Cover; Contents; Contributors to Volume V; Editors's Preface; Obituary of Vladimir Nikolaevich Ipateff; Chapter 1. Latest Developments in Ammonia Synthesis; I. Introduction; II. Unreduced State of Catalysts; III. Reduced State of Catalysts; IV. Theory of the Reduction Process; V. Kinetics of the Synthesis and Decomposition of Ammonia; VI. Conversion Efficiency a t Different Reaction Conditions; VII. Theory and Practice in Industrial Utilization; References; Chapter 2. Surface Studies with the Vacuum Microbalance : Instrumentation and Low-Temperature Applications; I . Microbalance Applications.

II. Low-Temperature StudiesReferences; Chapter 3. Surface Studies with the Vacuum Microbalance : High-Temperature Reactions; I. Introduction; II. Thermochemical and Kinetic Theory Calculations; III. Apparatus and Method; IV. Application to the Study of the Oxidation of Metals; V. Study of the Vapor Pressure of Metals and the Effect of Oxide and Nitride Films; VI. Application to the Study of the Combustion of Solid Fuels; References; Chapter 4. The Heterogeneous Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide; I. Introduction; II. Catalysts; III. Promoted Catalysts in Respirator Protection.

IV. Adsorption Wave KineticsV. Conclusions; References; Chapter 5. Contributions of Russian Scientists to Catalysis; I. Introduction; II. Schools of Thought on Catalysis; III. Investigation of Absorption Phenomena; IV. Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions; V. Modification of Catalysts; VI. Catalytic Conversions; References; Chapter 6. The Elucidation of Reaction Mechanisms by the Method of Intermediates in Quasi-Stationary Concentrations; I. Introduction: The Correspondence between Kinetics and Mechanism.; II. Gibbs' Fundamental Rule of Stoichiometry.

III. Intermediate Products and SequencesIV. Calculation of Stationary Velocities and Concentrations; V. Integration of the Velocity Expressions and Comparison with Experiments; VI. Conclusive and Historical Remarks; References; Chapter 7. Iron Nitrides as Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts; I. Introduction; II. Interstitial Compounds of Iron; III. Iron Nitrides as Fischer-Tropsch Catalysts; References; Chapter 8. Hydrogenation of Organic Compounds with Synthesis Gas; I. Introduction; II. Homogeneous Character of the Hydrogenation of Unsaturated Compounds with synthesis Gas and a Cobolt Catalysts.

III. Hydrogenation of Organic CompoundsIV. Properties, Structure, and Preparation of Dicobalt Octacarbonyl and Cobalt Hydrocarbonyl; V. Mechanism of the Hydrogenation; References; Chapter 9. The Uses of Raney Nickel; I. Introduction; II. Preparation and Properties; III. Special Reactions; References; Author Index; Subject Index.