Front Cover; Advances in Catalysis and Related Subjects, Volume VIII; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors to Volume VIII; Chapter 1. Current Problems of Heterogeneous Catalysis; Chapter 2. Adsorption Phenomena; I. Introduction; II. Adsorption and Catalysis; III. Physical Adsorption and Chemisorption; IV. Difficulties Experienced in Calculating Adsorption Energies; V. The Forces that Cause Adsorption; VI. Cooperation among Various Forces; VII. Mobility and Orientation; VIII. Physical Adsorption Phenomena at High Degrees of Occupation

IX. Chemisorption Phenomena at High Degrees of OccupationX. Simultaneous Adsorption of Different Molecules or Atoms; XI. Some Remarks on Catalysis and Chemisorption; References; Chapter 3. Activation of Molecular Hydrogen by Homogeneous Catalysts; I. Introduction; II. Homogeneous Catalytic Systems; III. Summary Discussion; References; Chapter 4. Catalytic Syntheses of Ketones; I. Introduction; II. Development of Ketonization Process; III. Summary; References; Chapter 5. Polymerization of Olefins from Cracked Gases; I. Introduction; II. Sources of Feed Stock

III. Basic Factors in PolymerizationIV. Polymerization Reactions; V. Polymerization Processes Using Phosphoric Acid; VI. Materials of Construction; VII. Future Outlook for Polymerization; References; Chapter 6. Coal-Hydrogenation Vapor-Phase Catalysts; I. Introduction; II. Brief History of Vapor-Phase-Catalyst Development; III. Tungsten Disulfide Catalyst; IV. Nonsplitting Catalysts; V. Splitting Catalysts; References; Chapter 7. The Kinetics of the Cracking of Cumene by Silica-Alumina Catalysts; I. Introduction; II. The Results of Previous Studies

III. The Kinetics of Cumene Cracking as Determined by Differential-Reactor StudiesIV. Determination of Adsorption Constants with an Integral Reactor; V. Coke Formation; VI. Discussion and Summary; References; Author Index; Subject Index