Measurement of the Adsorption Kinetics of Co and Co Co-Adsorbed with O2 on Cr(110)

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dc.contributor.advisorVentrice, Carl A., Jr.
dc.contributor.authorWalters, Jennifer L.en_US
dc.contributor.committeeMemberGeisler, Heike
dc.contributor.committeeMemberDroopad, Ravindranath
dc.date.accessioned2012-02-24T10:20:29Z
dc.date.available2012-02-24T10:20:29Z
dc.date.issued2010-05en_US
dc.description.abstractPrevious studies of the adsorption of CO on the catalytically active Cr(110) surface have found that the CO molecule dissociates upon adsorption at 300 K. One aspect of the CO adsorption process that has not been studied in detail is the temperature dependence of the dissociation and the influence of oxygen on the dissociation process. Therefore, we have performed temperature programmed desorption (TPD) and low energy electron diffraction (LEED) measurements of the adsorption of CO and CO co-adsorbed with oxygen on the Cr(110) surface. Deposition of CO was performed at 120 K on either the clean or oxygen dosed Cr(110) surface before performing the TPD measurements. For deposition below 0.5 Langmuir (L), no CO is detected with TPD, which indicates that all of the CO is dissociating and reacting with the Cr(110) surface. As the CO dose is increased, a broad peak centered at 300 K is first observed, followed by a second peak at 220 K. Oxygen co-adsorption suppresses the dissociation of the CO at low coverages.en_US
dc.description.departmentPhysics
dc.formatText
dc.format.extent73 pages
dc.format.medium1 file (.pdf)
dc.identifier.citationWalters, J. L. (2010). <i>Measurement of the adsorption kinetics of Co and Co Co-adsorbed with O2 on Cr(110)</i> (Unpublished thesis). Texas State University-San Marcos, San Marcos, Texas.
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10877/4012
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectAdsorption kineticsen_US
dc.subjectCarbon monoxideen_US
dc.subjectCr(110)en_US
dc.subjectSurface scienceen_US
dc.subjectUltra high vacuumen_US
dc.subjectTemperature programmed Desorptionen_US
dc.subject.classificationPhysicsen_US
dc.titleMeasurement of the Adsorption Kinetics of Co and Co Co-Adsorbed with O2 on Cr(110)en_US
dc.typeThesis
thesis.degree.departmentPhysics
thesis.degree.disciplinePhysics
thesis.degree.grantorTexas State University-San Marcos
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Science

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