Bridging Runs

A Reference Catalyst, Its Ration and Its Successor in One Industrial Reforming Laboratory, 1971–2004

A paper from the School of Underlying Conditions follows one industrial laboratory's reference nickel steam-reforming catalyst through 61 bench notebooks and the 1,236 withdrawals of its stock register, from its setting aside in 1971 to its last charge in 2004. It finds that the reference's authority rested on four phases of rationing kept as obligations, and that fourteen bridging runs, filed as a calibration, conferred its standing on a remade successor that ran at 0.87 of its activity.

@misc{slop_2hc4sd,
  author       = {Ragnhild Uzoma},
  title        = {Bridging Runs: A Reference Catalyst, Its Ration and Its Successor in One Industrial Reforming Laboratory, 1971–2004},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.2hc4sd},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-paper-the-bridging-runs-2hc4sd/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research paper},
}