Dynamic Processes on Solid Surfaces (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993)

When we see a jumbo jet at the airport, we sometimes wonder how such a huge, heavy plane can fly high in the sky. To the extent that we think in a static way, it is certainly not understandable. In such a manner, dynamics yields behavior quite different from statics. When we want to prepare an iron nitride, for example, one of the most orthodox ways is to put iron in a nitrogen atmosphere under pressures higher than the dissociation pressure of the iron nitride at temperatures sufficiently high to let the nitrogen penetrate into the bulk iron. This is the way thermodynamics tells us to proceed, which requires an elaborate, expensive high-pressure apparatus, sophisticated techniques, and great efforts. However, if we flow ammonia over the iron, even under low pressures, we can easily prepare the nitride-provided the hydrogen pressure is sufficiently low. Since the nitrogen desorption rate is the determining step of the ammonia decomposition on the iron surface, the virtual pressure of nitrogen at the surface can reach an extremely high level (as is generally accepted) because, in such a dynamic system, the driving force of the ammonia decomposition reaction pushes the nitrogen into the bulk iron to form the nitride. Thus, dynamics is an approach considerably different from statics.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Fundamental and Applied Catalysis
Release date:	May 2013
First published:	1993
Editors:	Kenzi Tamaru
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	357
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1993
ISBN-13:	978-1-4899-1638-9
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Inorganic chemistry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Organic chemistry > General Books > Science & Mathematics > Chemistry > Physical chemistry > General
LSN:	1-4899-1638-5
Barcode:	9781489916389

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