catalysts in manufacturing

[trogdor]

for my independant chemistry class i have to give a presentation relating to reaction rates and factors affecting them. We got a list of possible topics and i chose:

"research various types of commercial manufacturing and the use of catalysts and/or inhibitors in the formation of products and in the treatment of by-products"

 

so does anyone know of any particularly interesting manufacturing reactions with catalysts or inhibitors? thanks.

[trogdor]

does anyone have detailed information about Metallocene, a catalyst involved in the manufacture of plastics.

 

also...if anyone could list some types of polymerization inhibitors for acrylate monomers that would be greatly appreciated

[Phospholipid]

http://216.239.57.104/search?q=cache:HrJhV8fGZYUJ:www.psrc.usm.edu/macrog/mcene.htm+metallocene+in+plastics+catalyst&hl=en

[trogdor]

much thanks