Progress in Catalyst Deactivation: Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Catalyst Deactivation, Algarve, Portugal, May 18-29, 1981

Most catalysts used in the chemical and petrochemical indus­ tries are strongly affected by one or another form of deactivation, leading to poor performances and reduced life. The increasing number of scientific communications devoted to the subject in recent years, and culminating with an International Symposium held in Antwerp in October 1980, is a measure of the interest it arouses in both the industrial and academic communities. A stage has been reached whereby it was thought that a NAT...