AlllDO iflS7M7 « liilSilffitJm^^^^ "FECIAL PUBLICATION 475 6^^^^^^ 1 1 00985747 ^ w . K PUBLICATIONS U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE / National Bureau of Standards The Electron Factor in I Catalysis on Metals NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS The National Bureau of Standards^ was established by an act of Congress March 3, 1901. The Bureau's overall goal is to strengthen and advance the Nation's science and technology and facilitate their effective application for public benefit. To this end, the Bureau conducts research and provides: (1) a basis for the Nation's physical measurement system, (2) scientific and technological services for industry and government, (3) a technical basis for equity in trade, and (4) technical services to pro- mote public safety. 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Kreps, Secretary Dr. Betsy Ancker-Johnson, Assistant Secretary for Science and Technology £ NATIONAL BUREAU OF STANDARDS, Ernest Ambler, Acting Director Issued April 1977 Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 77-600009 National Bureau of Standards Special Publication 475 Nat. Bur. Stand. (U.S.), Spec. Publ. 475, 217 pages (Apr. 1977) CODEN. XNBSAV U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1977 For sale by the Superintendent ot Documents, U.S. Government Printing OflSce Washington, D.C- 20402 - Price $2.80 Stock No. 003-003-01764-7 GENERAL ABSTRACT This book presents the proceedings of a Workshop on the Electron Factor in Catalysis on Metals held at the National Bureau of Standards, Ga 1 thersburg, Maryland, on December 8-9, 1975. The Workshop was sponsored by the Institute for Materials Research, NBS, the Division of Materials Research of the National Science Foundation, and the Division of Conservation Research and Technology of the Energy Research and Development Administration. The purpose of the Workshop- was to review the most recent experimental and theoretical investigations on catalysis on metals and related topics, and to bring together chemists, chemical engineers, surface scientists, and solid state physicists and chemists Involved In research related to this topic. These proceedings summarize the four panel sessions into which the Workshop was organized: Experimental Techniques, Effect of Alloying, Geometrical Effects, and Electronic Structure. KEY WORDS: Catalysis; Characterization; ChemI sorpt ion ; Electronic factor; Geometric factor; Metals; Surfaces. iii Table of Contents WELCOME E. Ambler . 1 OVERVIEW OF THE WORKSHOP - L. H. Bennett 3 KEYNOTE ADDRESS Catalysis by Metals: Concepts, Factors and Reactions - M. Boudart _ _ _ 5 session' 1: EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES 13 PANEL MEMBERS: J. Katzer, R. Park, T. Rhodin, J. T. Yates and G. Haller, Chairman- ____________________ 14 INVITED TALK: Experimental Methods in Heterogenous Catalysis J.T. Yates, Jr 15 RECORDER'S SUMMARY - T.E. Madey . 30 PANEL DISCUSSION 3O CONTRIBUTED PAPER: Investigation of Support Catalysis by X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy - F.W. Lytle- __________ 34 PANEL DISCUSSION (continued) 44 SESSION 2: EFFECT OF ALLOYING 53 PANEL MEMBERS: G.D. Gelatt, Jr., V. Ponec, J.H. Sinfelt and H. Ehrenrich Chairman _ ____________ 54 RECORDER'S SUMMARY- A.J. McAlister , 55 INVITED TALK: Catalysis by Alloys and Bimetallic Clusters - J.H. Sinfelt ____________________ 55 PANEL DISCUSSION 68 CONTRIBUTED PAPER: Surface Composition of Nickel- Copper Alloys - V. Ponec _ ___________________ 71 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 81 CONTRIBUTED PAPER Heat of Formation of 3d and 4d Transition Metal Hydrides G. D. Gelatt, J. A. Weiss and H. Ehrenrich 83 PANEL DISCUSSSION (Continued) 87 SESSION 3: GEOMETRICAL EFFECTS 89 RECORDER'S SUMMARY- A. J. Melmed ^90 PANEL MEMBERS: G. Ertl, C.B. Duke, J. Turkevich and R. Hansen Chairman ______________ 91 PANEL DISCUSSION 93 INVITED TALK: Geometric Factors in Chemisorption and Catalysis on Metals -G. Ertl _ _ ______________ 94 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 121 CONTRIBUTED PAPER: The Geometry of Solid Surfaces - C.B. Duke 127 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 131 CONTRIBUTED PAPER: Bonding Properties of Stepped Transition Metal Surfaces - G. S . Painter, R.O. Jones, and P.J. Jennings _ ______________________ 136 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) I5O SESSION 4: ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE 151 PANEL MEMBERS: A.B. Anderson, J.W. Gadzuk, R.P. Messmer, J.R. Smith, and J.W. Gadzuk Chairman 152 PANEL DISCUSSION 153 INVITED PAPER: The Role of Model Hamiltonians in Chemisorption and Catalysis- J.W. Gadzuk _ ___________ 154 PANEL DISCUSSION 164 V CONTRIBUTED PAPER: Theory for Chemisorption and Catalysis - A. B. Anderson- __________________ _ 166 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 171 CONTRIBUTED PAPER: A Compairson of SCF-Xa and Extended Huckel Methods for Metal Clusters - R.P. Messmer, C.W. Tucker Jr., and K.H. Johnson _ _______ 174 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 178 CONTRIBUTED PAPER: A New Role for Theory in Surface Science -D.R. Hamann _ _________________ 183 PANEL DISCUSSION (Continued) 193 REGISTRATION LIST : ^^195 AUTHOR INDEX 201 SUBJECT INDEX /'206