Ziff-Gulari-Barshad Model¶

\begin{align} \text{CO}_{(\text{g})} + \text{*} & \overset{k_\text{CO}}{\longrightarrow} \text{CO}^\text{*} &\qquad \text{'CO_adsorption'} \\ \text{O}_{2(\text{g})} + 2\text{*} & \overset{k_{\text{O}_2}}{\longrightarrow} \text{O}^\text{*} + \text{O}^\text{*} &\qquad \text{'O2_adsorption'}\\ \text{CO}^\text{*} + \text{O}^\text{*} & \overset{k_\text{oxi}}{\longrightarrow} 2\text{*} + \text{CO}_{2(\text{g})} &\qquad \text{'CO_oxidation'} \\ \end{align}