Adsorption of Hydrazine on Iron Studied by X Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
Abstract
The present study provides direct spectroscopic evidence for the participation of dehydrogenated (NH and NH2) surface species, and nitrogen and hydrogen adatoms, as well as the associatively adsorbed molecule in the catalytic decomposition of hydrazine by iron. A quantitative model of the decomposition should emerge from studies of single crystal surfaces and from combining electron spectroscopic studies of the surface species with mass spectrometric analysis of the gas phase.