The physical chemistry of materials : energy and environmental applications
/ Rolando M.A. Roque-Malherbe.
- Boca Raton : CRC Press, 2010
- xxi, 500 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.
Materials PhysicsIntroduction CrystallographyBloch Theorem Lattice VibrationsElectrons in Crystalline Solid MaterialsX-Ray DiffractionDielectric Phenomena in MaterialsNuclear Magnetic ResonanceMoessbauer EffectStructure of Adsorbents, Ion Exchangers, Ion Conductors, Catalysts, and Permeable MaterialsIntroduction Transition Metal CatalystsNonmetallic CatalystsPermeable Materials Crystalline and Ordered Nanoporous Adsorbents and Catalysts Ion-Exchange Crystalline MaterialsAmorphous Silica Adsorbents and Catalytic Supports Active Carbon and Other Carbon Forms as Adsorbents and Catalytic Supports PolymersSynthesis Methods of Catalyst Adsorbents, Ion Exchangers, and Permeable MaterialsIntroduction Methods for the Preparation of Metallic-Supported CatalystsSynthesis of Inorganic SolidsSynthesis of Microporous Crystalline MaterialsSynthesis of Ordered Silica Mesoporous Materials Active Carbon and Carbon Nanotube Preparation Methods Membrane Preparation MethodsPolymer SynthesisMaterial Characterization MethodsIntroduction Application of XRD in Material CharacterizationElectron MicroscopyEnergy-Dispersive Analysis of X-Rays Infrared and Raman SpectrometriesNuclear Magnetic Resonance SpectrometryThermal Methods of AnalysisDielectric Analysis MethodsMoessbauer SpectrometryMercury PorosimetryMagnetic Force in Nonuniform Fields: Phase Analysis MethodDiffusion in MaterialsIntroduction Fick's Laws Thermodynamics of Irreversible Processes Diffusion CoefficientsMicroscopic Description of DiffusionSome Diffusion Processes in Metals Diffusion in Oxides Diffusion in Porous Media Diffusion in MicroporesAdsorption in Nanoporous MaterialsIntroduction Definitions and TerminologyAdsorption Interaction Fields Measurement of Adsorption Isotherms by the Volumetric Method Thermodynamics of AdsorptionSystems for the Automatic Measurement of Surface Area and Porosity by the Volumetric Method Adsorption in ZeolitesAdsorption in Nanoporous-Ordered and Amorphous MaterialsHowarth-Kawazoe Approach for the Description of Adsorption in Microporous Materials for the Slit, Cylindrical, and Spherical Pore GeometriesAdsorption from Liquid SolutionsDynamic Adsorption: The Plug-Flow Adsorption Reactor Some Chemical, Sustainable Energy, and Pollution Abatement Applications of Nanoporous AdsorbentsPorous Polymers as AdsorbentsIon ExchangeIntroduction Aluminosilicate Zeolite Ion Exchangers Some Definitions and TermsThermodynamics of Ion Exchange Rules Governing the Ion-Exchange Equilibrium in ZeolitesIon-Exchange Heat Ion-Exchange Selectivity in Zeolites Ion-Exchange KineticsPlug-Flow Ion-Exchange Bed ReactorsChemical and Pollution Abatement Applications of Ion Exchange in ZeolitesApplications of Other Crystalline Inorganic Ion Exchangers Ion-Exchange Polymeric ResinsSolid-State ElectrochemistryIntroductionSolid ElectrolytesThermodynamics of Electrochemical Processes Kinetics of Electrochemical ProcessesFuel Cell EfficiencyElectrochemical Impedance SpectroscopySustainable Energy and Environmental Sensing Technology Applications of Solid-State ElectrochemistryHeterogeneous Catalysis and Surface ReactionsIntroduction General Properties of CatalystsCrystalline and Ordered Nanoporous Heterogeneous CatalystsAmorphous, Porous Heterogeneous Catalysts and Supports Photocatalysts Kinetics of Surface ReactionsExamples of Surface Reactions Packed Bed Plug-Flow Catalytic ReactorChemical, Sustainable Energy, and Pollution Abatement Applications of Heterogeneous CatalystsMembranesIntroduction Definitions and NomenclaturePermeability in Dense MembranesPermeation in Porous MembranesZeolite-Based Ceramic Porous MembraneChemical, Sustainable Energy, and Pollution Abatement Applications of Inorganic MembranesExamples of Polymeric MembranesIndexReferences appear at the end of each chapter.