Description of the project: "ORIGINAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO ACTIVE SITES NATURE AND REACTION MECHANISMS FOR GAS FLOWS WITH H2S AND SO2 DECONTAMINATION AND LIQUID FRACTIONS DEMERCAPTANIZATION CATALYSTS AND SELECTIVE ADSORBENTS. THE DESIGN, PREPARATION, PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND CATALYTIC TESTING OF SEVERAL CHELATE COMPOUNDS OF FE, CO, CR, FOR THE DECONTAMINATION OF H2S CONTAINING PETROLEUM REFINING FLOWS AND OF SEVERAL ZEOLITES AND IONIC EXCHANGED MODIFIED ZEOLITES USED AS SELECTIVE ADSORBENTS OF SO2. "