Abstract
The ammonia synthesis rate has been measured as a function of the potassium coverage of a polycrystalline iron foil. The results clearly demonstrate a promoting effect of the potassium in agreement with the work of Ertl et al. on the dissociative dinitrogen adsorption at iron single crystal surfaces. However, the results also imply a marked difference between the state of the surface under ammonia synthesis conditions and during the dinitrogen adsorption experiments in ultra-high vacuum. It is suggested that in the former case the potassium atoms are surrounded by several strongly adsorbed atoms effectively blocking the corresponding sites for dinitrogen dissociation.
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