Course Description: Concepts and definitions; sorption, isotherms and heats; rate expressions, reaction mechanisms, simplifications, microkinetic treatment; transport effects, research reactors, commercial reactors; characterization of catalytic sites and absorbed species; classes of catalysists; current problems in catalytic research.

Course Objectives: The students will learn to use the basic principles of chemical kinetics as applied to complex reaction systems, with particular emphasis on catalytic reactions and heterogeneous catalysis.

Course Requirements:

Homework: Problems assigned weekly

Examinations: Midterm and final

Computer Language: Access to equation solver or symbolic math package.

Computer Facilities: PC, MAC or UNIX workstation; Internet access helpful

Laboratory: None

Project: Final project on a topic selected by the student

Degree Applicability:

CE[AA]	CH[C]	CS[AA]	EE[E]	EM[E]	ESM[E]	MAT[BE]
MBA[NA]	ME[E]	MES[E]	MSE[E]	SE[NA]	SY[AA]

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NTU Semester Credit Hours: 3
Number of Lecture Hours: 42 (50 minute) lectures
Days Class Meets on Campus: Monday/Wednesday/Friday

Contributing Scholar:
Thatcher Root
Chemical Engineering Department
University of Wisconsin-Madison
1415 EEngineering Drive
Madison, WI   53706-1691
Phone: 608-262-8999

Fax: 608-262-5434
thatcher@engr.wisc.edu

Note: Contributing Scholars are responsible for the design, organization, content, and presentation of NTU courses. Online classroom management, student management, and other matters related to academic administration of courses are the responsibility of support "Faculty". Either person is often called "Instructor". To identify and differentiate between these roles, we use the terms "Contributing Scholar" and "Faculty".

Academic/Administrative Contact:  
Ms. Helene Demont
Phone: 888-661-9551
          608-262-5516 Fax: 877-267-6172
Demont@engr.wisc.edu


Prerequisites: Introductory courses in chemical kinetics and chemical reactors or consent of instructor.

Textbooks: (Order Materials)

1.	Chemical Kinetics, K. J. Laidler, Harper Collins, 3rd ed., 1987
2.	Recommended: The Microkinetics of Heterogeneous Catalysis, J. A. Dumesic, D.F. Rudd, L. M. Aparacio, J. E. Rekoske, and A. Trevino, ACS, Washington, D.C. 1993.