Download or read book Catalysis by Acids and Bases written by B. Imelik and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1985-02-01 with total page 461 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Because of the great importance of acid catalysis in the petrochemical industry, extensive research has been carried out during the last 30 years concerning the fundamental and applied aspects of catalysis by acids. In contrast, base-catalyzed reactions have received little attention in heterogeneous catalysis. The aim of this symposium was to evaluate our knowledge of the important area of acid and base catalysis and to cover a broad range of solids, zeolite chemistry being only one aspect of heterogeneous catalysis.