ISOTOPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF NO ADSORPTION, DISSOCIATION AND COADSORPTION WITH CO ON PT(100) - AN INFRARED REFLECTION-ABSORPTION STUDY

We present the results of the in situ infrared study of the behavior o f NO with CO on Pt(100) carried out in a continuous dow reactor at 470 K and 500 K. The frequency of the solitary IR band observed at 470 K during adsorption of nitric oxide shifted by 68-73 cm(-1) when we used (NO)-N-15-O-18 instead of NO. This shift corresponds closely to the s quare root of the ratio of reduced masses, [mu(NO)/mu(15)N(18)O)](1/2) , indicating that NO is molecularly adsorbed on the platinum surface e ven at temperatures as high as 470 K. We did not observe any molecular adsorption of NO at 500 K, though. However, we observed the appearanc e of an infrared band at similar to 1630 cm(-1) during the reaction of CO and NO both at 470 K and 500 K. The peak absorbance of this band a ppears to correlate with high rates of CO2 production. On the other ha nd, at low reaction rates, this band completely disappears and is repl aced by infrared bands that correspond to a growth of CO adlayer. Isot opic studies utilizing (CO)-O-18 showed that the similar to 1630 cm(-1 ) wavenumber band is due to molecularly adsorbed NO, indicating that n itric oxide exists largely in undissociated state during its interacti on with CO on Pt(100) at elevated temperatures. (C) 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.