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Hydrogen-interaction with solid solutions of the composition Cu0.08Zn0
.020 and Cu 0.15Al0.10Zn0.75O* has been studied. It is shown that at
catalytic temperatures the surface of anion-modified zinc oxide contai
ns epitaxially bonded metallic copper particles. Reversibility of this
phenomenon upon removing hydrogen indicates that in hydrogen medium a
complex system consisting of the oxide stabilized by protons and epit
axially bonded with oxide metal copper particles formed.