01987nas a2200229   4500008004100000022001400041245013900055210006900194260006100263300001000324490000800334520112700342653002001469653001401489653001301503653001901516653001701535653001201552100003201564700003001596856013101626       2007                        eng d  a1011-372X00aFabrication of an effusive molecular beam instrument for surface reaction kinetics - CO oxidation and NO reduction on Pd(111) surfaces0 aFabrication of an effusive molecular beam instrument for surface  a233 SPRING STREET, NEW YORK, NY 10013 USAbSPRINGERcNOV  a50-580 v1193 a<p>A simple molecular beam instrument (MBI) was fabricated for measuring the fundamental parameters in catalysis such as, sticking coefficient, transient and steady state kinetics and reaction mechanism of gas/vapor phase reactions on metal surfaces. Important aspects of MBI fabrication are given in detail. Nitric oxide (NO) decomposition and NO reduction with carbon monoxide (CO) on Pd(111) surfaces were studied. Interesting results were observed for the above reactions and they support the efficiency of the MBI to derive the fundamental parameters of adsorption and catalysis. Sustenance of CO oxidation at 400 K is dependent mostly on the absence of CO-poisoning; apparently, CO + O recombination is the rate determining step &lt;= 400 K. NO adsorption measurements on Pd(111) surface clearly indicating a typical precursor kinetics. Displacement of the chemisorbed CO by NO on Pd(111) surfaces was observed directly with NO + CO beams in the transient kinetics. It is also relatively easy to identify the rate-determining step directly from the MBI data and the same was demonstrated for the above reactions.</p>10acarbon monoxide10acatalysis10akinetics10amolecular beam10anitric oxide10aPd(111)1 aThirunavukkarasu, Kandasamy1 aGopinath, Chinnakonda, S.  uhttps://library.ncl.res.in/content/fabrication-effusive-molecular-beam-instrument-surface-reaction-kinetics-co-oxidation-and-0