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Kinetics measurements indicate dissociation of SO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    S but molecular adsorption of N\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    O. In addition, spectroscopy revealed adsorbed sulfur after SO\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    and H\n                    <jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>\n                    S adsorption. Experiments were conducted at ultrahigh vacuum conditions, using kinetics techniques [i.e., thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS)], spectroscopy [Auger electron spectroscopy (AES), Raman, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)], and imaging techniques [scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), low-energy electron diffraction]. Deviations of the gas-phase fragmentation pattern and multimass TDS pattern were observed. 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