The role of rare earths in catalysis /

• Other Authors: Gschneidner, Karl A. (Editor), Eyring, LeRoy (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam ; New York : New York, NY, USA : North-Holland ; Sole distributors for the U.S.A. and Canada, Elsevier North-Holland, 2000.
• Series: Handbook on the physics and chemistry of rare earths ; v. 29.
• Subjects: Rare earths.; Terres rares.; Lanthaniden.; Legeringen.; Mengsels.; Geochemie.; Seltenerdmetall.; Actinoide.; Seltenerdmetalllegierung.; Electronic books.

Among the numerous applications of the rare-earth elements, the field of catalysis accounts for a large number. Catalysis represents approximately 20% of the total market sales of rare earths worldwide. As a matter of fact two main applications have been prominent in the last decades: zeolite stabil...