Catalysis by Gold

by Catherine Louis, David Thompson, Geoffrey C. Bond

Book Overview

Gold has traditionally been regarded as inactive as a catalytic metal. However, the advent of nanoparticulate gold on high surface area oxide supports has demonstrated its high catalytic activity in many chemical reactions. Gold is active as a heterogeneous catalyst in both gas and liquid phases, and complexes catalyse reactions homogeneously in solution. Many of the reactions being studied will lead to new application areas for catalysis by gold...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911299700
• ISBN13: 9781911299707
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Imperial College Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"