Catalysis

Catalysis is one of the titles in the series of ASE Lab Books that were published in the early 1970s for the Association for Science Education. Each title brought together the best of the teaching notes and experimental ideas from members of the association that had appeared in the ASE journal, School Science Review.

Contents

Cracking of hydrocarbons
* Simple demonstration of cracking as a source of gas
* Thermal cracking of ethylbenzene in the laboratory
* Fluidization-some simulations

Photocatalysis
* Photocatalytic union of hydrogen and chlorine

Catalytic oxidations
* Catalytic effect of water on the combustion of carbon monoxide
* The catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide
* The catalysed oxidation of coal gas
* 'Gas Wand' catalyst
* Catalytic oxidation of ammonia
* Reactions between ammonia and oxygen
* An O-level project on the catalytic oxidation of ammonia
* Modification of the well known catalytic oxidation of methanol using a platinum spiral
* Oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes, using an electrically heated catalyst
* Oxidation of alcohols to aldehydes and collection of the products

Catalytic reductions
* Reduction of aldehydes to alcohols
* Hershberg apparatus
* The catalytic reduction of nitrobenzene

Metal + acid reactions
* Hydrogen preparation-the use of copper(II) sulphate(VI) solution as a 'catalyst' '
* Factors influencing the rate of a chemical reaction
* The speed at which zinc dissolves in acids is increased in the presence of copper

Hydrogen peroxide decomposition
* An experiment illustrating catalysis
* To illustrate graphically the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide by manganese(IV) oxide
* The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide solutions

Manganate(VII) ion + ethanedioic acid reaction
* Catalysis by manganese(II) ions
* Experimental investigation of the reaction between potassium manganate(VII) and ethanedioic acid in acid solution

Catalysis by enzymes
* A simple experiment on an enzyme
* A simple enzyme experiment
* An apparatus for measuring catalase activity

Intermediate compound formation
* Lecture demonstration of the intermediate compound theory of catalysis and of a delayed reaction 50
* Intermediate compound formation in the decomposition of potassium chlorate(V)

Miscellaneous catalytic reactions
* Catalysis curves. The rate of thermal decomposition of potassium chlorate(V} is affected by the proportion of catalyst mangartese(IV) oxide used
* Catalysis in Nuffield O-level chemistry
* A catalyst for the preparation of acyl chlorides
* Preparation of poly(ethene) by the Zeigler process
* The catalytic 'conversion of ethanoic acid to propanone
* The catalysis of esterification by concentrated sulphuric acid
* The conversion of ethanol into ethene using aluminium oxide
* Effect of water on the interaction of aluminium and iodine
* Preparation of vanadium(V) oxide