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EPSRC Reference:	GR/K74890/01
Title:	FREQUENCY RESPONSE DRIFTS ANALYSIS OF SURFACE KINETICS
Principal Investigator:	McDougall, Dr G
Other Investigators:	Rees, Professor LV Davidson, Dr JM
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Project Partners:	Johnson Matthey
Department:	Sch of Chemistry
Organisation:	University of Edinburgh
Scheme:	Standard Research (Pre-FEC)
Starts:	01 October 1995	Ends:	30 September 1998	Value (£):	177,301
EPSRC Research Topic Classifications:	Analytical Science Catalysis & Applied Catalysis
EPSRC Industrial Sector Classifications:	Chemicals
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The measurement of rate constants, the determination of the structure of surface intermediates and the assay of active sites are pervasive problems in both applied and fundamental studies of heterogeneous catalysis. In this proposal we suggest the development of a versatile reactor system employing integrated Frequency Response Methods and Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Spectroscopy to allow measurement of diffusion, rates of adsorption and desorption, rates of both overall catalytic reaction and individual surface reaction steps, the concentration of surface sites for specific reactions and time dependant vibrational spectra of both reversibly and irreversibly adsorbed surface intermediates, all for a series of catalyst systems of immediate and industrial and commercial importance.
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