Heterogeneous Catalysis. Selected American Histories

Content: Heterogeneous catalysis before 1934 / Robert L. Burwell, Jr. --
Insiders, outsiders, and surfaces : Irving Langmuir's contribution to catalysis / George L. Gaines, Jr. and George Wise --
V.N. Ipatieff : as I knew him / Herman Pines --
Sir Hugh Taylor : the man --
John E. Benson and M. Boudart / Paul H. Emmett : six decades of contributions to catalysis / Robert L. Garten --
The contributions of Eugene J. Houdry to the development of catalytic cracking / Alex G. Oblad --
Herman pines and organic heterogeneous catalysis / Norman E. Hoffman --
Early catalysis research with para-hydrogen and heavy hydrogen / Adalbert Farkas --
Allan T. Gwathmey and his contributions to the science of catalysis / Henry Leidheiser, Jr. --
Contributions of P.W. Selwood to catalysis research / R.P. Eischens --
The development of the platforming process : some personal and catalytic recollections / Vladimir Haensel --
Otto Beeck and his colleagues in catalysis / J. Norton Wilson --
Ernest W. Thiele : a pioneer in defining the role of diffusion in heterogeneous catalysis / Ravi Randhava --
Ahlborn Wheeler : catalytic scientist / G. Alex Mills --
Early infrared studies of adsorbed molecules at Beacon / R.P. Eischens --
The Fixed Nitrogen Research Laboratory / Paul H. Emmett --
Einstein in the U.S. Navy / Stephen Brunauer --
The history of the BET paper / Edward Teller --
The carbonium ion mechanism of catalytic cracking / Hervey H. Voge --
A history of early catalytic cracking research at Universal Oil Products Company / Charles L. Thomas --
Development of the theory of catalytic cracking / Rowland C. Hansford --
The invention of zeolite cracking catalysts : a personal viewpoint / Charles J. Plank --
The development of fluid catalytic cracking / C.E. Jahnig, H.Z. Martin, and D.L. Campbell --
The development of hydrocracking / Richard F. Sullivan and John W. Scott --
Selective oxidation by heterogeneous catalysis / Robert K. Grasselli --
Methanol : bright past, brilliant future? / Alvin B. Stiles --
Applications of magnetic resonance in catalytic research / Wallace S. Brey --
Chain growth and iron nitrides in the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis / Robert B. Anderson --
Discovery and development of olefin disproportionation (metathesis) / Robert L. Banks --
The development of automotive exhaust catalysts / George R. Lester --
Attempts to measure the number of active sites / Russell W. Maatman --
Leonard C. Drake : his contributions to the development of mercury porosimetry for catalyst characterization / Burtron H. Davis --
Catalysis at Princeton University Chemistry Department / John Turkevich --
Murray Raney : pioneer catalyst producer / Raymond B. Seymour and Stewart R. Montgomery --
Frank G. Ciapetta : pioneer in catalytic chemistry / W.P. Hettinger, Jr. --
A society of catalytic chemists and engineers / Heinz Heinemann.