This book summarizes years of teaching of surface phenomena and
heterogeneous catalysis to students of the first phase of the Chemical
process engineering and petrochemistry at the University of El-Oued,
southeastern of Algeria, according to the program of the Algerian
Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research. In this
manuscript, four chapters: Surface tension, Adsorption, Hysteresis
phenomenon and Generalities about catalysis and catalysts (methods of
synthesis and characterization), finally a Serie of exercises.