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THE CATALYST REVIEW (ISSN 0898-3089)
March 2015, Volume 28, Number 3
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In This Issue
Commercial News
Evonik Wants to Acquire Monarch Catalyst in India ............................................... 2
GFBiochemicals Breakthrough Levulinic Acid Technology Ready for
Commercialization. ................................................................................................. 2
Spotlight: New Feeds and Growth Markets Buoy Refinery Catalysts .....................2
U.S. Shale Industry Shows Remarkable Resilience ................................................. 3
Albemarle and ASOS to Collaborate on Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Catalyst
Facility in the Middle East....................................................................................... 3
SIBUR Partnering with Norway's Norner to Develop New Polyolefin
Grades/Focus on High Value-Added Products ........................................................ 4
Rennovia and Johnson Matthey to Co-Develop Commercial Catalysts for
Biobased Adipic Acid Process ................................................................................. 4
Process News
Yale Researchers Discover New Catalysts to Generate Renewable Fuels ...............5
Another Offspring from Catalyst Union .................................................................. 5
Novel Upgrading Technology Cuts Diluent Use, Capital Costs ................................ 6
New Catalyst to Create Chemical Building Blocks From Biomass ........................... 6
Special Feature
Olefin Paraffin Separation Using Ionic Liquids ........................................................ 9
Experimental
Uptake of One and Two Molecules of CO2 by the Molybdate Dianion:
A Soluble, Molecular Oxide Model System for Carbon Dioxide Fixation ................14
A Radical Twist to the Versatile Behavior of Iron in Selective Methane
Activation ............................................................................................................... 14
Polar Group and Defect Engineering in a Metal-Organic Framework:
Synergistic Promotion of Carbon Dioxide Sorption and Conversion ......................15
Controlled Surface Segregation Leads to Efficient Coke-Resistant
Nickel/Platinum Bimetallic Catalysts for the Dry Reforming of Methane...............16
Movers and Shakers
Michael A. Smith, PhD ............................................................................................ 18

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