"Version: 20160301"--Title page verso.Includes bibliographical references.Preface -- 1. The reactivity of metals based on delocalized electronic states -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.2. The d-band model -- 1.3. The self-consistent model of chemisorption on surfaces -- 1.4. When the surface electronic properties change : models based on Newns-Anderson -- 1.5. The LDOSEF model -- 1.6. Cluster reactivi…