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This book arose from a symposium titled 'Transition Metal Carbides and Nitrides: Preparation, Properties, and Reactivity' organized by Jae Sung Lee, Masatoshi Nagai and myself. The symposium was part of the 1995 Congress of Pacific Rim Chemical Societies, held in Honolulu, Hawaii between December 17-22, 1995. The meeting was the first major conference to exclusively address the theme of metal carbides and nitrides, and brought together many of the major researchers in the field. Over 50 scientists and engineers reported their latest findings in five sessions of presentations and discussions. The book closely follows the topics covered in the conference: Theory of bonding Structure and composition Catalytic properties Physical properties New methods of preparation Spectroscopy and microscopy The book is unique in its coverage. It provides a general introduction to the properties and nature of the materials, but also covers their latest applications in a wide variety of fields. It should thus be of interest to both experts and nonexperts in the fields of material science, solid-state chemistry, physics, ceramics engineering, and catalysis. The first chapter gives an overview, and many of the chapters provide summaries of advanced topics. All contributions were peer-reviewed.
Introduction to the chemistry of transition metal carbides and nitrides
Application of transition metal carbides and nitrides in nidustrial tools
Review of diffusion and vaporization of group 4 and 5 transition metal carbides
Chemical diffusion in transition metal - carbon and transition metal - nitrogen systems
The origin of the similarities between late transition metals and early transition metal monocarbides
Fermi surface of hexagonal tungsten carbide
Orbital symmetry and superconductivity in carbides and borocarbides
Recent developments in ternary nitride chemistry
Transition metal-based double nitrides
Magnetic properties of rare-earth-iron compounds containing carbon and/or nitrogen
The synthesis of titanium nitride and titanium carbonitride by self-propagating combustion
Combustion synthesis of transition metal nitrides
New route to molybdenum nitrides and oxynitrides: preparation and characterization of new phases
Synthesis of thin films of Cr, Mo and W carbides and nitrides
Single-source precursors for the chemical vapor deposition of titanium and vanadium carbide and nitride
Carbides of transition metals as catalyst for oxydation reactions
Surface molybenum species and acid sites on nitrided molybdena-alumina catalysts
Carbide-oxide interactions in bulk and supported tungsten carbide catalysis for alcohol synthesis
Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and XRD characterization of an iron carbide catalyst synthesizes by laser pyrolysis
Study of the isomerization of C6 and C6+ alkanes over molybdenym oxycarbide catalysts
Characterization of oxygen-treated carbides of molybdenum and tungsten for n-hexane-dihydrogen reactions
Synthesis and catalytic properties of tungsten carbide for isomerization, reforming and hydrogenization
Chemisorption of CO and NO molybdenum carbide foils
Characterization of the electronic and catalytic properties of vanadium carbide: a comparative study of VC/V (110) model surfaces and VC powder materials
Surface schifts in core level energies of transition metal carbides and nitrides
Study of the Auger metal peak of carbides and nitrides by factor analysis
Transition metal nitride and carbide nanoparticles
Carbide formation during activation Fischer-Tropsch catalysts