THE INTERACTIONS OF NITROGEN AND CARBON MONOXIDE ON POLYCRYSTALLINE TUNGSTEN

Abstract

Desorption spectra from a polycrystalline tungsten wire have been obtained with a mass spectrometer to study: (a) the effect of preadsorbed nitrogen on the adsorption of carbon monoxide; (b) the reversibility and rearrangement of the carbon monoxide monolayer; and (c) the slow replacement of carbon monoxide by nitrogen. Surface coverages have been measured, and the activation energies of desorption obtained for all phases of carbon monoxide and the β phase of nitrogen.