A UPS and LEED/Auger study of adsorbates on Fe(110)

Ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy (UPS) and LEED/Auger were used to study adsorbed species of C, N, O, S, CO, NO, and C₂H₂ on Fe(110). The complicated “carbon ring” LEED patterns were shown to be due to atomic carbon and/or nitrogen. Molecular nitrogen does not stick at or above room temperature on Fe(110). The optical excitation probability of the 3p electrons of segregated sulphur is found to have a Cooper minimum aroundhω=40.8 eV. Carbon monoxide chemisorbs molecularly at room temperature and then dissociates slowly. Only dissociative CO adsorption was observed atT=385 K. Acetylene also adsorbs molecularly but does not dissociate at room temperature. By contrast, nitric oxide chemisorption is completely dissociative at room temperature.