New understandings of surface diffusion

Surface diffusion is of fundamental importance in a variety of industrial kinetic processes, including surface reactions, crystal growth and sintering. However, surface diffusion parameters are rarely used to model industrial processes, resulting from three deficiencies in the literature. First, of the significant amount of work done in the laboratory, only a fraction has been conducted under real industrial temperatures. Second, no sufficient predictive models existed previously to estimate surface diffusion parameters. Third, for chemical reactions at surfaces, no simple method existed to determine whether a reaction might be diffusion-limited. This work attacks these deficiencies from experimental, theoretical and computational points of view.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Date dc:date

10000-01-01

Author dc:creator

• Allen, Clark Eldon

Contributors dc:contributor

• Seebauer, Edmund G.

• Chemistry, Physical
• Engineering, Chemical
• Physics, Atomic

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1996 Allen, Clark Eldon

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

9780591197280
AAI9712187
(UMI)AAI9712187

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/21598