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PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfacesAswithotherbooksinthefield,PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfacesdescribeswhatoccurswhengasescomeincontactwithvarioussolidsurfaces.But,unlikealltheothers,italsoexplainswhy.Whilethetheoryofsurfacereactionsisstillunderactivedevelopment,theapproachDr.RichardMaseltakesinthisbookistooutlinegeneralprinciplesderivedfromthermodynamicsandreactionratetheorythatcanbeappliedtoreactionsonsurfaces,andtoindicatewaysinwhichtheseprinciplesmaybeapplied.Thebookalsoprovidesacomprehensivetreatmentofthelatestquantitativesurfacemodelingtechniqueswithnumerousexamplesoftheiruseinthefieldsofchemicalengineering,physicalchemistry,andmaterialsscience.Avaluableworkingresourceandanexcellentgraduate–leveltext,PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfacesprovidesreaderswith:?Adetailedlookatthelatestadvancesinunderstandingandquantifyingreactionsonsurfaces?In–depthreviewsofallcrucialbackgroundmaterial?40solvedexamplesillustratinghowthemethodsapplytocatalysis,physicalvapordeposition,chemicalvapordeposition,electrochemistry,andmore?340problemsandpracticeexercises?Samplecomputerprograms?Universalplotsofmanykeyquantities?Detailed,class–testedderivationstohelpclarifykeyresultsTherecentdevelopmentofquantitativetechniquesformodelingsurfacereactionshasledtoanumberofexcitingbreakthroughsinourunderstandingofwhathappenswhengasescomeincontactwithsolidsurfaces.Whilemanybookshaveappeareddescribingvariousexperimentalmodelingtechniquesandtheresultsobtainedthroughtheirapplication,untilnow,therehasbeennosingle–volumereferencedevotedtothefundamentalprinciplesgoverningtheprocessesobserved.Thefirstbooktofocusongoverningprinciplesratherthanexperimentaltechniquesorspecificresults,PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfacesprovidesstudentsandprofessionalswithaquantitativetreatmentoftheapplicationofprinciplesderivedfromthefieldsofthermodynamicsandreactionratetheorytotheinvestigationofgasadsorptionandreactiononsolidsurfaces.Writingforabroad–basedaudienceincluding,amongothers,chemicalengineers,chemists,andmaterialsscientists,Dr.RichardI.Maseldeftlybalancesbasicbackgroundinareassuchasstatisticalmechanicsandkineticswithmoreadvancedapplicationsinspecializedareas.PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfaceswasalsodesignedtoprovidereadersanopportunitytoquicklyfamiliarizethemselveswithalloftheimportantquantitativesurfacemodelingtechniquesnowinuse.Tothatend,theauthorhasincludedallofthekeyequationsinvolvedaswellasnumerousreal–worldillustrationsandsolvedexamplesthathelptoillustratehowtheequationscanbeapplied.Hehasalsoprovidedcomputerprogramsalongwithuniversalplotsthatmakeiteasyforreaderstoapplyresultstotheirownproblemswithlittlecomputationaleffort.PrinciplesofAdsorptionandReactiononSolidSurfacesisavaluableworkingresourceforchemicalengineers,physicalchemists,andmaterialsscientists,andanexcellenttextforgraduatestudentsinthosedisciplines.