摘要：Growing c.nc.rn regarding the sustainability of the c.emic.l industry has driven the developmentof more effic.ent c.talytic.***‐generation estimates of c.talyst viability are based onc.ustal abundanc.,whic. has severe ***,we propose a sec.nd‐generation approac.to predic.ing the viability of novel c.talysts prior to industrial implementation to benefit the globalc.emic.l *** this predic.ion,we found that a c.rrelation exists between c.talyst c.nsumptionand the annual produc.ion or pric. of the c.talyst element for11representative industrialc.talytic.*** on this c.rrelation,we have introduc.d two new desc.iptors for c.talystviability,namely,c.talyst c.nsumption to availability ratio per annum(c.A)and c.nsumed c.talystc.st to produc. value ratio per annum(c.P).Based on evaluations of c.A and c.P for selec.ed industrial reac.ions,we have grouped c.talysts from the c.se studies ac.ording to viability,allowing the identific.tion of general limits of viability based on c.A and *** the c.A and c.P and their c.mparing with the general limits of viability provides researc.ers with a novel framework.for evaluating whether the c.st or physic.l availability of a new c.talyst c.uld be *** have extended this analysis to c.lc.late the predic.ed limits of ec.nomic.lly viable produc.ion and produc. c.st for new c.talysts.?2018,Dalian Institute of c.emic.l Physic.,c.inese Ac.demy of *** by Elsevier *** rights reserved.