The NO-H, reaction over Pd(111) was studied at NO pressures in the 1 x 10(-
7) mbar pressure regime and at temperatures between 300 and 750 K. The H-2/
NO ratio was varied from 1 to 54. Hysteresis phenomena in the rate of NH3 a
nd H2O formation were observed in a heating-cooling cycle and call be attri
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