Abstraction and desorption kinetics in the reaction of H + D/Si (100) and the relation to surface structure Abstraction of atomic hydrogen by atomic deuterium from an amorphous hydrogenated silicon surfaceThe kinetics of adsorption and abstraction for the system H͑D͒ on Al͑111͒ and Ni͑111͒ has been investigated using an efficient atomic beam source, thermal desorption spectroscopy, and multiplexed mass spectrometry. The initial sticking coefficient of atomic hydrogen on Ni͑111͒ is 1.0 and independent of the angle of incidence. For H on Al͑111͒ the initial sticking coefficient is 0.6 and increases with increasing angle of incidence (S()ϳcos Ϫ0.4 ). On Al͑111͒ preadsorbed oxygen leads to a decrease of the initial sticking coefficient for H down to 0.1; potassium on the other hand has no significant influence on the initial sticking probability. On both surfaces, Ni͑111͒ and Al͑111͒, abstraction of deuterium proceeds at a surface temperature of 150 K due to impinging H atoms (HϩD→HD), with an initial abstraction coefficient of 0.20 on Al͑111͒ and 0.12 on Ni͑111͒. In the case of Al͑111͒ this coefficient is nearly independent of the initial D coverage and therefore the abstraction reaction cannot be described by a simple Eley-Rideal process, but rather by a hot-precursor mechanism. In addition to abstraction there is also a small probability for the removal of an adsorbed species by a collision induced desorption process. Abstraction of deuterium by impinging H-atoms is strongly affected by modification of the Al͑111͒ surface, either by oxygen or by potassium. Oxygen decreases the HD abstraction coefficient, probably by inhibiting the hot-precursor state of H on the surface. Potassium increases the HD abstraction rate, most likely by increasing the lifetime of atomic hydrogen in the precursor state.