C.P.I.F.P.

Profesor
José Luis Graiño
Catalysis exposition

Scientific articles usually have a common structure (The Structure, Format, Content,
and Style of a Journal-Style Scientific Paper):

1. Abstract
2. Introduction
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results and Discussion
5. Conclusions
6. References

For this presentation you should work in pairs and:

1. Search for a scientific article that focuses on some kind of chemical catalyst.

2. The article should answer the following points:

a) Application/s of the catalyst.
b) Behaviour of the catalyst in the process.
c) Influence of the catalyst on the reaction performance.
d) Catalyst lifetime
e) Catalyst recovery/regeneration techniques (if any).

3. Once you have selected the article you should prepare a presentation for the class in
which you will show the article:
1. Name of the article.
2. Authors and place of the study.
3. Abstract
4. Introduction
5. Materials and Methods
6. Conclusions
7. References (just coment a few)
(What is in bold from the points in an article).

4. The format of the presentation is free, although I must receive the presentation in the
selected format so that it can be opened on my computer as well as a PDF copy.

*To help you find catalysts you can use the catalysts used in the following processes:
Industrial synthesis of sulphuric acid
Industrial synthesis of nitric acid
Industrial synthesis of ammonia
Industrial synthesis of acetone
Industrial synthesis of cumene
Fluidised catalytic cracking
Industrial synthesis of formaldehyde from methanol and air
Industrial synthesis of methanol from CO2 and H2
Industrial synthesis of nylon 6
Industrial synthesis of phenol
Industrial synthesis of polyethylene
 C.P.I.F.P. Profesor
José Luis Graiño
Catalysis exposition

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