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It was in Munich (1928–1938) that Schwab started systematic work on heterogeneous catalysis which marked the rest of his career. Among the catalysis-related topics he studied in Munich were the kinetics of heterogeneously catalysed reactions, the nature of the
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research institution for contemporary Greece, he was allowed to pursue purely scientific work; indeed Schwab had a fruitful 11-year stay marked by a series of incidental discoveries as well as systematic studies continuing his previous work on catalysis.
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Bodenstein while at Nernst's Institute of Physical Chemistry in Berlin. Some of the problems on which Schwab worked on his own in this period included the
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and properties of parahydrogen. He also built on his previous work with a series of kinetic studies, which eventually led to his theory on the electronic mechanisms of metal catalysis.
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Generalised depiction of heterogeneous catalysis studied by Schwab: the reactant (blue) is converted to product (red) at the surface of the catalyst phase (brown).
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and the spatial distribution of active catalytic sites. He also collaborated with his future wife Elly on her research about the influence of
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Berlin
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An ozone molecule; the pure gas was first prepared by Schwab.
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Physikalisch-chemische Grundlagen der chemischen Technologie
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Block, J. H. (1986), Vanselow, R.; Howe, R. (eds.),
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Physico-chemical Foundations of Chemical Technology
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640:heterogeneous catalysis
493:extraordinary professor
363:heterogeneous catalysis
264:(Researcher, 1939–1950)
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127:heterogeneous catalysis
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1223:Schwab, A. J. (2013).
965:Oesper, R. E. (1952).
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392:Josef Bernhard Schwab
386:Early life and career
371:Elly Schwab-Agallidis
156:Johanna Monika Schwab
967:"Georg-Maria Schwab"
593:liberation of Greece
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375:University of Munich
256:University of Munich
152:Andreas Josef Schwab
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320:Georg-Maria Schwab
227:Physical chemistry
195:Order of the Crown
154:Maria Edith Schwab
131:catalyst poisoning
23:Georg-Maria Schwab
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1293:Bull. Hist. Chem.
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991:10.1021/ed029p247
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100:Citizenship
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591:After the
562:pronounced
324:pronounced
292:Über Ozon
175:Leopoldina
51:1899-02-03
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