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Interfaces and Catalysis Interfaces & Catalysis Advanced Technology Slide 2 Interfaces Interfaces are more and more important at smaller length scales Slide 3 Interfaces Slide 4 Slide 5 Interfaces and Catalysis In (heterogeneous) catalysis interfaces are crucial ! Slide 6 Catalysis Foto van Exxonmobil Slide 7 Topics Kinetics Rate laws, activation energy, selectivity Heterogeneous catalysis Transport, adsorption, reaction Interfaces Interface tension, adsorption, potential Integrated assignment (case) Slide 8 Kinetics and Catalysis Slide 9 Kinetics Adsorption Surface reation Transport Spectroscopy Slide 10 Interfaces Interfase tension Adsorption G-L Monolayers L-L interfaces (emulsions) Adsorption G-S Colloids en S-L interfaces Slide 11 The course Exam kinetics (20) Case study (20) Final exam (60) HC (lectures), WC (exercises) and HWC (combination) Selfstudy (case) Selfstudy (kinetics) Slide 12 Course Material Atkins Book Interfacial science, an introduction Barnes & Gentle (2 nd ed) Study guide (blackboard) Handouts (blackboard) Slide 13 Teachers Leon Lefferts (CPM) Arie van Houselt (CPM) Rob Lammertink (SFI) Slide 14 Questions ? Arie van Houselt ME 359 a.vanhouselt@utwente.nl Rob Lammertink ME 314 r.g.h.lammertink@utwente.nl