Front Cover; Preparation of Catalysts II: Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts; Copyright Page; Contents; Organizing Committee; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Financial Support; Chapter 1. The design of catalysts; Chapter 2. Effect of impregnation and activation conditions of Al2O3/CuO supported monolith catalysts in the reduction of NO; Chapter 3. Effect of pretreatment on activity, selectivity and adsorption properties of a Fischer-Tropsch-catalyst; Chapter 4. The influence of impregnation, drying and activation on the activity and distribution of CuO on a-alumina

Chapter 5. A study of the chemisorption of chromium (VI) , molybdenum (VI) and tungsten (VI) onto ?-aluminaChapter 6. Dispersion and compound formation in some metathesis catalysts and fluorine containing alumina's, studied by XPS and Laser-Raman spectroscopy; Chapter 7. Reduction of silica supported nickel catalysts; Chapter 8. Interaction of nickel ions with silica supports during deposition-precipitation; Chapter 9. Crystallite size distributions and stabilities of homogeneously deposited Ni/SiO2 catalysts

Chapter 10. The preparation and pretreatment of coprecipitated nickel-alumina catalysts for methanation at high temperaturesChapter 11. Controlled catalyst distribution on supports by co-impregnation; Chapter 12. Multicomponent chromatographic processes during the impregnation of alumina pellets with noble metals; Chapter 13. Factors controlling the retention of chlorine in platinum reforming catalysts; Chapter 14. Preparation of alumina or silica supported platinum-ruthenium bimetallic catalysts; Chapter 15. Preparation of catalysts by adsorption of metal complexes on mineral oxides

Chapter 16. Analysis of steps of impregnation and drying in preparation of supported catalystsChapter 17. Some mechanistic correlations between impregnation and activation operations for the preparation of high-selectivity supported metal catalysts; Chapter 18. The impregnation and drying step in catalyst manufacturing; Chapter 19. Study of the interaction of Fe2O3-MoO3 with several supports; Chapter 20. Relationship between average pore diameter and selectivity in iron-chromium-potassium dehydrogenation catalysts

Chapter 21. Preparation of highly-dispersed ruthenium on magnesium oxide supports : comments on the advantages of non-aqueous catalyst preparationsChapter 22. Catalyst activation by reduction; Chapter 23. The activation of iron catalyst for ammonia synthesis; Chapter 24. Preparation and characterization of small iron particles supported on MgO; Chapter 25. Ruthenium catalysts for ammonia synthesis prepared by different methods; Chapter 26. Limiting factors on the structural characteristics of Ru/SiO2 and RuFe/SiO2 catalysts