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Paul Emmett Papers, 1918-2001

4. Article Manuscripts and Research Materials. 1922-1982, undated.

Much of Emmett's scientific output is collected into the expansive Series 4. Included are manuscripts and typescripts of articles written by Emmett, materials related to grant-funded contract work conducted by Emmett, research notes and notebooks created by Emmett and a vast collection of glass plate negatives and lantern slides used by Emmett to present his work.


60 boxes

Boxes 4.021 - 4.030 (Page: 21 - 30)



4.021.
Grant-Funded Contract Work. 1952-1955.
21.1.
Quarterly Reports: Gulf Research and Development Company. 1952-1954.
21.2.
Research Proposals and Progress Reports: "The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions," contract AT (11-1)-3273. P. H. Emmett, Principal Investigator. 1953.
21.3.
Weekly Reports: Gulf Research and Development Company. 1953-1955.

4.022.
Grant-Funded Contract Work. 1954-1965.
22.1.
Typescript: A Study of Catalytic Cracking, summary report by Paul H. Emmett. Gulf Research and Development Company, Industrial Fellowship 106-42. June 30, 1954.
22.2.
Typescript: General Catalysis, summary report by Paul H. Emmett. Gulf Research and Development Company, Industrial Fellowship 106-42. June 30, 1954.
22.3.
Typescript: Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, summary report by Paul H. Emmett. Gulf Research and Development Company, Industrial Fellowship 106-42. June 30, 1954.
22.4.
Typescripts: catalysis-related summary reports, P. H. Emmett, et al. Gulf Research and Development Co. fellowship. December 31, 1954.
22.5.
Typescripts re: catalysis-related summary reports, P. H. Emmett. Gulf Research and Development Co. fellowship. June 30, 1955.
22.6.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: cracking catalysts, P. H. Emmett, et al. Gulf Research and Development Co. fellowship. 1955-1957.
22.7.
Research Proposal: Catalytic Hydrogenation Over Metals - Importance of and Participation of Hydrogen as Ions on Catalyst Surfaces, P. H. Emmett, Principal Investigator. Submitted to the Air Force Office of Scientific Research. March 1956.
22.8.
Progress Reports and Final Report re: "Catalytic Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation over Metals and over Chromium Oxide," P. H. Emmett, et al. National Science Foundation grant. 1957-1965.
22.9.
Typescript, Correspondence: Progress Report on Project Entitled "New Micro-catalytic Chromatographic Technique for Studying Catalytic Reactions". P. H. Emmett, principal investigator. Air Force contract 18 (603)-129. May 16, 1958.
22.10.
Typescript: Liquid Phase Hydrogenation of Nitrocompounds over Palladium, Rhodium, Platinum and Platinum Oxide Catalysts, Hsien-Cheng Yao and P. H. Emmett. Annual report, National Science Foundation grant (NSF-G2753). 1958.
22.11.
Progress Reports, Correspondence re: "New Micro-catalytic Chromatographic Technique for Studying Catalytic Reactions" and "Catalytic Activity of Metal and Alloys," Air Force contract 18(603)-129. 1958-1962.
22.12.
Typescripts: Catalytic Hydrogenation over Metals. Importance of and Participation of Hydrogen as Ions on Catalyst Surfaces. National Science Foundation grant proposal. March 1959.

4.023.
Grant-Funded Contract Work. 1960-1966.
23.1.
Progress Reports, Correspondence re: "Studies of Supported and Unsupported Metal Catalysts." Air Force contract 18(603)-129. 1960-1966.
23.2.
Progress Reports re: "Catalytic Activity of Metals and Alloys," Air Force contract 18(603)-129. 1961-1962.
23.3.
Typescripts, Notes: New Microcatalytic Chromatographic Technique for Studying Catalytic Reactions and Catalytic Activity of Metals, P. H. Emmett, principal investigator. Air Force contract 18(603-129), Final Report. 1962.
23.4.
Typescript: Catalytic Hydrogenation over Metals. Importance of and Participation of Hydrogen as Ions on Catalyst Surfaces. National Science Foundation grant proposal. 1962.
23.5.
Research Proposal, Notes re: "Catalytic Hydrogenation over Metals. Importance of and Participation of Hydrogen as Ions on Catalyst Surfaces." National Science Foundation grant. 1962.
23.6.
Research Proposal, Progress Report re: "Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces. The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions and in Obtaining Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces," P. H. Emmett, I. Toyoshima and J. W. Hightower. Contract AT (30-1)-2008. 1962.
23.7.
Report re: "The Catalytic Hydrogenation of Substituted Olefins on Platinum and Palladium Catalysts", P. H. Emmett and H. Schaefer. National Science Foundation grant (NSF-G9986), final report. September 1963.
23.8.
Typescript: Research on Petroleum Research Fund, Grant 876-C, P. H. Emmett, et al. October 1963.

4.024.
Grant-Funded Contract Work. 1964-1976.
24.1.
Progress Report: "The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanism of Catalytic Reactions and in Obtaining Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces," grant contract AT (30-1)-2008. 1964.
24.2.
Progress Report, Notes: "Catalytic Hydrogenation and Dehydrogenation over Metals and over Chromium Oxide," National Science Foundation grant (NSF-GP-754 and G-9986). Final report. July 1965.
24.3.
Proposal: "The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanisms of Catalytic Reactions and in Obtaining Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces," P. H. Emmett, chief investigator. Contract no. NYO-2008-1. 1966.
24.4.
Proposal: "Derivation of New Equations for Physical Adsorption; Calculation of Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium Data from Newly Modified Equations of State," P. H. Emmett, chief investigator. Contract no. NYO-2008. 1966.
24.5.
Progress Reports, Renewal Proposal, Correspondence re: "The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanism of Catalytic Reactions and in Obtaining Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces." P. H. Emmett, Principal Investigator. Contract no. NYO-2008-4. 1967-1974.
24.6.
Research Proposals, Progress Reports re: "The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanism of Catalytic Reactions and in Obtaining Information Relative to the Nature of Catalyst Surfaces." P. H. Emmett, Principal Investigator. Grant no. AT(30-1)-2008. 1968-1970.
24.7.
Report: "The Use of Iron as a Catalyst for Hydrogenation." Final report by P. H. Emmett, condensed from thesis by Mary Jane Phillips. American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund grant, Project 163-A. 1969.
24.8.
Final Report: The Use of Tracers in Studying the Mechanism of Catalytic Reactions, P. H. Emmett. Contract AT(11-1)-3273. 1971.
24.9.
Typescript, Notes, Correspondence: The Influence of Pretreatment on the Surface Area and Pore Distribution of Coal; its Nature, Magnitude, and Possible Utility in Low Temperature Desulfurization, Beneficiation, Solvent Pyrolysis, and Clean up Processes, P. H. Emmett, et al. ERDA grant proposal. ca. 1976.

4.025.
Grant-Funded Contract Work. 1977-1982.
25.1.
Proposal, Correspondence re: "Studies on Methods for Increasing the Surface Area and Optimizing the Pore Distribution of Coal," P. H. Emmett. Department of Energy grant proposal. 1977-1981.
25.2.
Proposal, Correspondence, Notes re: "A Study of the Changes in Internal Surface Area and Pore Size Distribution of Coals as a Function of Treatment with Various Reagents," Myrna Klotzin and P. H. Emmett. National Science Foundation grant proposal. 1979-1980.
25.3.
Proposal: "Studies of Methods for Increasing the Surface Area of Coals and Optimizing Their Pore Distributions," Gary L. Gard, P. H. Emmett. National Science Foundation grant proposal. 1980.
25.4.
Proposal: "Studies on Methods for Increasing the Surface Area and Optimizing the Pore Distribution of Coal," P. H. Emmett, Principal Investigator. Department of Energy grant proposal. 1980-1981.
25.5.
Proposal, Correspondence, Notes re: "The Study of the Physical and Chemical Structure of Coal by Reaction with Various Gaseous Molecules and Atoms and by Solvent Degradation," G. L. Gard, P. H. Emmett and W. W. Paudler. Gas Research Institute grant proposal. 1982.

4.026.
Research Notes: A.
26.1.
Research Notes re: adsorption, P. H. Emmett and J. B. Gray. 1940.
26.2.
Research Notes re: adsorption, Robert C. Zabor and P. H. Emmett. 1948-1952.
26.3.
Research Notes, Graphs re: adsorption, etc. "Miscellaneous Adsorption, Decomposition and Surface Area," P. H. Emmett, et al. ca. 1960s.
26.4.
Research Notes re: adsorption calculations. 1958.
26.5.
Research Notes re: ammonia synthesis. 1931-1935.
26.6.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: aldehydes - catalytic preparation of, P. H. Emmett and M. Prettre. 1952.
26.7.
Research Notes re: aluminosilicate catalyst. "The Poisoning of an Aluminosilicate Catalyst by Steam," P. H. Emmett and R. G. Haldeman. 1954.
26.8.
Research Notes re: ammonia calculations, C. E. Melton and P. H. Emmett. ca. 1960s.

4.027.
Research Notes: B-Ca.
27.1.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: B. E. T. equation. 1948, 1966.
27.2.
Research Notes re: butadiene study, R. T. Davis and P. H. Emmett. 1944-1945.
27.3.
Research Notes re: catalysis. 1953-1954.
27.4.
Research Notes re: catalysis, Colin Stoddart and P. H. Emmett. 1960-1963.
27.5.
Research Notes re: catalysis. 1962-1967.
27.6.
Research Notes re: catalysis, H. Schaefer and P. H. Emmett. ca. 1960s.
27.7.
Research Notes: catalysis - problems and bibliography. 1923-1924.
27.8.
Research Notes re: catalysts - preparation techniques, by Charles E. O'Neill for P. H. Emmett. [includes Emmett notes]. 1963.

4.028.
Research Notes: Ca-Co.
28.1.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: catalytic cracking, L. G. Wayne and P. H. Emmett. 1945-1955.
28.2.
Research Notes re: catalytic cracking, W. A. Van Hook and P. H. Emmett. 1960-1969.
28.3.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: catalytic cracking, P. H. Emmett, et al. 1978.
28.4.
Research Notes re: catalytic hydrogenation. "Tables I," H. Schaefer and P. H. Emmett. ca. 1960s.
28.5.
Research Notes re: catalytic hydrogenation. "Tables II," H. Schaefer and P. H. Emmett. ca. 1960s.
28.6.
Research Notes re: chemisorption, P. H. Emmett. Cabot Research Fellowship. 1941-1947.
28.7.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: coal, P. H. Emmett, et al. 1961-1982.
28.8.
Research Notes re: coal pores, P. H. Emmett and Salvador Leon. 1979.

4.029.
Research Notes: D-G.
29.1.
Research Notes re: dehydrogenation. 1954.
29.2.
Research Notes re: energies of activation. 1927.
29.3.
Research Notes re: equilibrium - graphite. 1933.
29.4.
Research Notes, Correspondence, Reprint re: equilibrium measurements. "Equilibrium Measurements in the System C-CH4-H1," by L. C. Browning and P. H. Emmett, Journal of the American Chemical Society. Vol. 73, No. 581. 1951-1967.
29.5.
Research Notes, Correspondence re: Fischer-Tropsch studies, porous surface studies and thermodynamics. 1943-1945.
29.6.
Research Notes, Memoranda re: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, J. T. Kummer, W. B Spencer and P. H. Emmett. 1946-1951.
29.7.
Research Notes re: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, H. P. Leftin and P. H. Emmett. 1954-1955.
29.8.
Research Notes re: Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, Louis DeMourgues and P. H. Emmett. 1958.
29.9.
Research Notes, Correspondence, Non-Emmett Typescripts re: gas analysis, P. H. Emmett, et al. 1953.
29.10.
Correspondence, Reprints re: gas chromatography, P. H. Emmett, Fred Franke, et al. 1966-1967.

4.030.
Research Notes: H-Ki.
30.1.
Research Data re: hydrocarbons. Research Project 44: Collection, Analysis, and Calculation of Data on the Properties of Hydrocarbons, Tables 00-7. American Petroleum Institute. June 30, 1945.
30.2.
Research Data re: hydrocarbons. Research Project 44: Collection, Analysis and Calculation of Data on the Properties of Hydrocarbons, Tables 8 - 25. American Petroleum Institute. December 31, 1945.
30.3.
Research Notes re: hydrocarbons and cracking catalysis, C. G. Delany and P. H. Emmett. 1952-1955.
30.4.
Graphs re: hydrogen consumption. ca. 1950s.
30.5.
Research Notes re: kinetics, Pal Fejes and P. H. Emmett. 1963-1965.
30.6.
Research Notes re: kinetics - analysis. 1927-1928.