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Model Catalytic Systems:  Reactions of Small Molecules
(C Sub 4H Sub 9 OH, NH Sub 3, Co, H Sub 2) on Transition Metal Surfaces

Naasz, Brian

Lawrence’s Berkeley Lab., CA

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Table of Contents

Abstract

vii

Acknowledgements

ix

I.

Introduction

1

II.

Experimental Methods

12

III.

The Synthesis of n-Butyronitrile From n-Butanol and Ammonia over Rh(111) and Rh(331) Single Crystal Catalysts

54

IV.

A Comparison of Single Crystal Cu and Rh Catalysts for n-Butanol Ammonolysis

92

V.

The Hydrogenation of Carbon Monoxide over Model Re Catalysts:  Additive Effects and a Comparison to Iron

107

VI.

Alcohol Synthesis from Carbon Monoxide and Hydrogen Over Molybdenum Disulfide.  The Effect of Pressure and Promotion by Potassium Carbonate

126