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Content: The role of catalyst characterization in process development / Vladimir Haensel and Hertha Skala Haensel -- Rationale for catalyst characterization / Kamil Klier -- Relationship between catalyst preparation and characterization / Stephen D. Griffith -- Relationship between structure and catalytic performance of dealuminated Y zeolites / R.L. Cotterman, D.A. Hickson, and M.P. Shatlock -- Tin passivation of vanadium contaminants in model fluid cracking catalysts : spectroscopic studies / S.L. Suib, M.W. Anderson, and M.L. Occelli -- Preparation and characterization of magnesium aluminate spinel for SOx abatement in fluid catalytic cracking / Alak A. Bhattacharyya, Gerald M. Woltermann, and William E. Cormier -- Attrition-resistant porous particles produced by spray drying / Horacio E. Bergna -- Hydrous sodium titanate ion-exchange materials for use as catalyst supports / B.C. Bunker, C.H.F. Peden, S.L. Martinez, E.J. Braunschweig, and A.K. Datye -- Decoking and regeneration of a hydrotreating catalyst by supercritical extraction / M. Seapan and Z. Guohui -- A philosophy for testing / W.H. Flank -- Ten guidelines for catalyst testing / Frits M. Dautzenberg -- Evaluation of fluid cracking catalysts : a comparative study of testing philosophies / E.L. Moorehead, M.J. Margolis, and J.B. McLean -- A microscale simulation test for fluid catalytic cracking / P. O'Connor and M.B. Hartkamp -- Improved regeneration quality with length and density grading / J.D. Seamans, J.G. Welch, and C.A. Vuitel -- Statistical models of transport and reaction in porous media and their applications in catalysis / Muhammad Sahimi and Theodore T. Tsotsis -- Characterization of catalytic systems using nuclear magnetic resonance and vibrational and electron spectroscopies / Tery L. Barr -- Surface characterization of metal oxide overlayers / K.J. Williams, M.E. Levin, M. Salmeron, A.T. Bell, and G.A. Somorjai -- Surface properties of mixed-metal catalysts / D.W. Goodman -- Studies of Pt metal catalysis by high-resolution electron spectroscopy for chemical analysis / Tery L. Barr and M.P. Yin -- Characterization of supported metal catalysts by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy : the problem of the binding energy reference / Robert F. Hicks -- Catalyst characterization by infrared spectroscopic methods / J.B. Peri -- Light-off temperature determination of oxidation catalyst using Fourier transform IR technique / Chen C. Hsu -- Temperature-programmed desorption study of CO on Pt-reforming catalysts / R.L. Mieville and M.G. Reichmann -- Pore structure characterization of catalyst supports via low-field NMR spectroscopy / D.M. Smith, C.L. Glaves, D.P. Gallegos, and C.J. Brinker -- Characterization of Y zeolites by ²³Na magic-angle-spinning NMR spectroscopy / L.B. Welsh and S.L. Lambert -- X-ray and electron microscopic analyses of catalysts / Heinz J. Robota and Steven A. Bradley -- Factors affecting X-ray diffraction characteristics of catalyst materials / Wayne J. Rohrbaugh and Ellen L. Wu -- Characterization of the new zeolite ECR-1 / D.E.W. Vaughan, M.E. Leonowicz, and K.G. Strohmaier -- Structure of cobalt sulfide phase in carbon-supported Co and Co-Mo sulfide catalysts : studies by extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) and X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) / S.M.A.M. Bouwens, D.C. Koningsberger, V.H.J. de Beer, and R. Prins -- X-ray absorption near edge structure (XANES) and extended X-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) spectra of Pt-Sn-alumina catalysts / Yong-Xi Li, N.-S. Chiu, W.-H. Lee, S.H. Bauer, and B.H. Davis -- Characterization of catalysts by scanning transmission electron microscopy / William M. Targos and Steven A. Bradley -- Characterization of fluid cracking catalysts by imaging secondary-ion mass spectrometry / D.P. Leta and E.L. Kugler --<