ADVANCED CHEMICAL PHYSICS II: KINETICS AND CATALYSIS

Program

Empirical laws of rate, Influence of temperature, pressure and concentration on the rate of reactions. Mechanism of chemical reactions,
Collision theory and activated complex. Introduction and fundamentals about catalysis. Homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis. Catalyst Preparation Processes; Catalyst properties; Characterization of catalytic solids.

Bibliography
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