Issue 7, 1988

Adsorption of oxygen and reactivity with HCl on a barium-doped lead surface

Abstract

X.p.s. studies on the adsorption of oxygen on a barium-covered Pb surface have shown the presence of two distinct types of oxygen species: oxidic, O2–, and the peroxo-like O2–2(ads), and the surface has been identified as a composite of PbO and BaPbO3. On a barium pre-covered surface, the sticking probability of oxygen on Pb is increased. The O2–(ads) species preferentially reacts with HCl forming PbCl2(ads)via proton abstraction, whereas O2–2(ads) is not reactive with HCl vapour. On the Pb surface, the PbCl2 overlayer reacts with excess HCl, forming a volatile compound believed to be Pb(ClHCl)2, while in the presence of coadsorbed barium, the stability of PbCl2 is increased and the activation energy for the reaction: PbCl2(ads)+ 2HCl(g)→ Pb(ClHCl)2(g) is increased. Stronger intermetallic interaction is suggested to be the reason for higher PbCl2 stability.

Article information

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J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1988,84, 2377-2386

Adsorption of oxygen and reactivity with HCl on a barium-doped lead surface

M. Ayyoob and M. S. Hegde, J. Chem. Soc., Faraday Trans. 1, 1988, 84, 2377 DOI: 10.1039/F19888402377

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