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Adsorption of nitrogen on perfect Re(0001) planes

Journal Article · · J. Vac. Sci. Technol., v. 13, no. 1, pp. 310-313
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1116/1.568834· OSTI ID:4035984
In probing the effect of surface structure upon chemical interactions at the gas--metal interface, it is essential to document the role of imperfections. This has been done for the chemisorption of molecular N$sub 2$ on the basal plane of Re, using a combination of field-emission and field-ion microscopy. At surface temperatures T/subs/<150 K, a weakly chemisorbed state of nitrogen forms on the perfect (0001) plane. On warming, this desorbs without conversion to atomically bound material. At 300 K, the (0001) plane remains bare, even after exposure to >3x10$sup 19$ molecules/cm$sup 2$, while the rougher planes are saturated with nitrogen. Direct dissociation of N$sub 2$ does not occur on the basal plane of Re. The (0001) plane does fill with atomically bound nitrogen ar T/subs/> or =550 K. This step appears to involve diffusion of the dissociated gas from adjacent, atomically rough surfaces on which molecular dissociation is relatively rapid. (AIP)
Research Organization:
Coordinated Science Laboratory and Department of Metallurgy, Univerversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois 61801
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE
NSA Number:
NSA-33-030171
OSTI ID:
4035984
Journal Information:
J. Vac. Sci. Technol., v. 13, no. 1, pp. 310-313, Journal Name: J. Vac. Sci. Technol., v. 13, no. 1, pp. 310-313; ISSN JVSTA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English