Publisher's Synopsis
Highly dispersed metals have extensive applications as industrial catalysts, as constituents of alloys and composite materials from cement to special polymers: formation of highly dispersed metallic particles lies at the heart of the photographic process.;This introductory work offers a detailed discussion of the scientific principles of the subject.;The work provides a treatment of qualitative and quantitative descriptions of dispersion, preparative methods and the determination of particle size, the structure of small particles, electron states and the interaction of small metallic particles with non-metallic substrates and gases. Selected references at the end of each chapter guide the reader to further sources of information. The author has spent 25 years researching and teaching heterogeneous catalysis and the properties of dispersed metals.
