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Oxidation catalysts were among the first to be described and then developed industrially. Because of the energy evolved, oxidation processes were originally known as catalytically induced combustion. Some of the earliest catalytic oxidation reactions used commercially are shown in Table 4.1. This list could also include the Deacon and the Claus processes, which were described in Chapter 2. Subsequently, nitric acid and formaldehyde were produced on a large scale by catalytic oxidation processes. In most early processes, once a reasonable catalyst had been developed, production was limited only by demand and the availability of efficient equipment.

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Lloyd, L. (2011). Oxidation Catalysts. In: Handbook of Industrial Catalysts. Fundamental and Applied Catalysis. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-49962-8_4

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