The Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds in the Vapor Phase

Abstract

AN impressive idea of the extensive studies and applications of catalysis in recent years is afforded by this volume. In it the authors have summarised and reviewed critically an enormous range of literature and patents dealing with the special field of catalysis concerned. The main sections are arranged under such headings as the catalytic decomposition of alcohols; reactions involved in the synthesis of hydrocarbons and alcohols from water gas; the production of hydrogen from methane; surface combustion; the cause and suppression of knocking in internal combustion engines; the oxidation of alcohols, saturated and unsaturated aliphatic hydrocarbons, petroleum oils, benzene and its deriatives, naphthalene, anthracene, and miscellaneous polynuclear compounds. A final chapter deals with apparatus. “The various reactions have been carried through historic sequences from laboratory scale experiments to technical developments wherever possible. When sufficient data were available, industrial practice has been discussed.”

The Catalytic Oxidation of Organic Compounds in the Vapor Phase.

By L. F. Marek Prof. Dorothy. A. Hahn. (American Chemical Society Monograph Series No. 61.) Pp. 486. (New York: The Chemical Catalog Co., Inc., 1932.) 9 dollars.