X-ray diffraction on chlorine adsorbed on graphite

Cl₂ layers adsorbed on Grafoil have been investigated by X-ray diffraction between 78 and 285 K. Mono- and submonolayers crystallize in a parallelogram lauttce, incommensurate with the (001) graphite surfaces, the molecules oriented almost perpendicular to the surface. The structure is closely related to that of the (001) planes of three-dimensional solid chlorine. For coverages above the monolayer completion bulk crystalization sets in.