Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Bonding and reactivity of unsaturated hydrocarbons on transition metal surfaces: Spectroscopic and kinetic studies of platinum and rhodium single crystal surfaces

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6955310

The surface chemistry of small, unsaturated hydrocarbons on platinum and rhodium single crystal surfaces has been investigated. Using a high pressure/low pressure apparatus capable of catalysis at atmospheric pressures and surface analysis in ultra-high vacuum, adsorbed hydrocarbon species have been identified by high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS), low-energy electron diffraction (LEED) and thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS). Catalytic hydrogenation of ethylene on Pt and Rh was also studied.

Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6955310
Report Number(s):
LBL-22026; ON: DE87003533
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English