The available experimental data of systems in which a molecule, mainly CO, is coadsorbed with an alkali metal on a metal surface are summarized with regard to the range of the alkali-coadsorbate interaction. We find that the primary promotion interaction is short-range and localized to 1–2 CO molecules per alkali adatom and is independent of initial alkali coverage. In addition, we find evidence, based primarily on vibrational data, for a longer-range alkali-molecule interaction as well, which is substantially weaker than the short-range interaction.
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