Carboxylic acids are ubiquitous in bio-renewable and petrochemical sources of carbon. Hydrogenation of carboxylic acids to yield alcohols produces water as the only byproduct, and thus represents a ...

(Nanowerk News) Rice University nanoscientists have demonstrated a new catalyst that can convert ammonia into hydrogen fuel at ambient pressure using only light energy, mainly due to a plasmonic ...

The first part of this two-part series (OGJ, Oct. 22, 2007, p. 60) describes how Saudi Aramco faced chronic Claus catalyst deactivation for years as a result of benzene, toluene, and xylene (BTX) in ...

Jons Jacob Berzelius discovered the chemical phenomena of catalysis in 1835 and he confirmed that the rate of reaction can be affected by the presence of any chemical substance. Example: If KClO 3 be ...