Arrangement of ad-atoms of various kinds on substrates: Part II. Iridium and rhodium

The number of iridium sites and that of rhodium sites occupied by a foreign atom was determined with the aid of the pulse technique. In the case of iridium the foreign atoms included are Cu, Ag, Cd, Hg, In, Tl, Pb, Se, Te, As and Bi. The approximate value is 1 for the first two, 2 for the next five and 2.5–2.7 for the others. In the case of rhodium substrate, the foreign atoms included are Cu, Ag, Cd, Hg, In, Tl, Ge, Pb, As, Sb, Se, Te, and Bi. The approximate value is 1 for the first two, 2 for the next six, 2.4–2.6 for the next four and 3.0 for the last one. Silver and copper ad-atoms are closely packed both on the iridium and rhodium surface, but the ad-atoms of the other elements are arranged on the surfaces leaving empty sites for geometrical reasons, even when the monolayer is apparently complete.