Spontaneous emission of photons and electrons during chemisorption of chlorine on sodium

Photons and electrons are emitted when Cl₂ molecules react on a Na surface prepared by UHV evaporation. The emission yield per reacting molecule is 10^?7-10^?6 for photons and approximately 10^?5 for electrons. The dominating light emission band has a maximum at hv = 2.15 eV (width 0.6 eV). A less intense u.v. band has a maximum at about 4.7 eV. A drastic decrease in the photon and electron emission at a Cl₂ exposure of about 5.10^?3 torr·sec, is attributed to the formation of a continuous NaCl film on the Na surface.