The dynamics of the dissociative adsorption of methane on Pt(533)

The influence of well-defined steps on the dynamics of the dissociative chemisorption of methane on Pt(533) has been investigated using molecular beam techniques. The initial dissociative chemisorption probability S-0 has been determined as a function of incident energy E-i, angle of incidence theta(i), and surface temperature T-S. For incident kinetic energies in the range 26