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The ability of these materials to isolate “aristocratic atoms” is essential to the function of SACs (“S-A-C’s”). Khoobiar reported that a material serving this role formed a non-stoichiometric (“non-STOY-kee-oh-metric”) blue compound in the first documented case of spillover. Incipient wetness is a method of impregnating these materials that relies on surface tension to achieve high dispersion. (10[1])These materials may be immersed in cyanide to transform expensive clusters into single atoms. (-5[1])Though theoretically inert, acidic examples of these materials can stabilize preferred oxidation states and greatly increase the surface area (10[1])available for adsorption (10[1])(“ADD-sorption”). Palladium (-5[1])is often placed (-5[1])“on” (10[1]-5[2])examples (-5[1])of these materials (10[1]-5[1])like alumina, (10[1])carbon, (10[1])or calcium carbonate. (10[1])For 10 points, name these (10[1])materials that mount the active metal (10[2])in many solid heterogeneous catalysts. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[7])

ANSWER: catalyst supports [or supported catalysts; accept carriers or solid supports; prompt on heterogeneous catalysts or single-atom catalysts until “catalysts” is read; prompt on substrates; reject “zeolites” or “MOFs” or “metal-organic frameworks”]
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Vincent DuNorth Carolina AFlorida5310
Rasheeq AzadNorth Carolina BToronto B67-5
Andrew WangIllinoisChicago C8610
Shahar SchwartzBerkeley AWaterloo8910
Derek ChenColumbia BChicago D90-5
Aum MundheRutgersNYU93-5
Jason HongBrownOttawa9410
Karthik PrasadCornell BGeorgia Tech94-5
Lydia TarekegnYale BNorthwestern94-5
John MarvinChicago BHarvard95-5
Ryan HumphreyTexasWUSTL B9810
Matthew SiffYale ASouth Carolina98-5
Justin ZhangDukeJohns Hopkins10010
Matt SchiavonePurdueStanford10110
Adam FineChicago AArizona State10410
Andrew HannaPennVanderbilt10910
Rohan ShelkeBerkeley BKentucky11510
Ethan AshbrookMinnesota AMcGill11510
Jason ZhangToronto BNorth Carolina B12010
Ezra SantosChicago DColumbia B1210
Sanjay SrihariGeorgia TechCornell B1210
Conor ThompsonIowa StateIndiana12110
Jakob MyersIndianaIowa State1210
Matthew LehmannWUSTL AMinnesota B1210
Yashodev VyasMinnesota BWUSTL A1210
Nikhil ChellamNorthwesternYale B12110
Halle FriedmanNYURutgers1210
Khushi UmarwadiaSouth CarolinaYale A1210