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Describes the most important modern analytical techniques used to investigate catalytic surfaces. These techniques include electron spectroscopy (XPS, UPS, AES, EELS), ion spectroscopy (SIMS, SNMS, RBS, LEIS), vibrational spectroscopy (infrared, Raman, EELS, sum frequency generation), temperature-programmed techniques (TPR, TPO, TDS), diffraction (XRD, LEED, EXAFS), and microscopy (TEM, SEM, STEM, STM, PEEM, AFM, FEM, and FIM). Each chapter provides applications to illustrate the type of information that the technique provides and evaluates the possibilities and limitations of the technique. A concise appendix describes the most relevant aspects of the theory of surfaces and of chemisorption. The second edition includes significant new developments, including revised chapters on scanning, probe microscopies, imaging and vibrational techniques. The case studies have been expanded with an example on polymerization catalysts, and all the other chapters updated with recent examples and relevant new literature.