Return to DOE Report Table of Contents

Infrared Spectra of Chemisorbed CO on RH - 1978.  Technical Report No. 8.

J. T. Yates, Jr.
T. M. Duncan
S. D. Worley
R. W. Vaughn

Surface Science Division

In this pdf format, this document has 34 pages and is 1.16MB.

Table of Contents

Abstract 6
 

I

Introduction 8

II

Experimental 9
 

A

Adsorption Isotherm 11

B

Infrared Spectra of 12CO Adsorbed on RH 12

C

Desorption of 12CO from RH 13

D

Infrared Spectrum of 13CO Adsorbed on RH 13

E

Infrared Spectrum of Rh(13CO)(12CO) 14

F

Exchange of 13CO(ads) with 12CO(g) 14

IV

Discussion 15
 

A

Assignment of IR Spectral Features 15

B

Estimate of the Fraction of Rh Present as Isolated Atoms 16

C

Carbonyl Bonding in Rh(CO)2 17

D

Isotopic Shift for 13CO-Labeled Species 18

E

Comparison of Isotopic Exchange with Desorption Measurements 18

V

Summary 19

VI

Acknowledgement 20
References 21
Figure Captions 27