Adsorbed surface oxygens are formed on CaO, SrO, and BaO during exposure to N2O, and their presence is
shown to affect the room-temperature NO adsorption. Information about the adsorbed intermediates is contained
in the desorption products and in the desorption temperatures during the subsequent heating ramp in Ar. The
presence of adsorbed oxygen species increases the total amount of adsorbed NO for CaO and BaO substrates,
whereas for SrO the adsorbed intermediate is stabilized. Two NO desorption peaks are found for CaO and
SrO, one at low and one at high temperature. The former is assigned to adsorbed NO, whereas the latter is
assigned to adsorbed −NO2 and/or −NO3 species. NO adsorption as −NO2 and/or −NO3 species finds evidence
in the corresponding O2 desorption. Only one NO desorption peak is found for BaO. This NO desorption
peak disappears in the absence of preadsorbed surface oxygens. O2 desorption is observed, even in the absence
of any preadsorbed surface oxygens, for CaO and SrO substrates. This suggests NO bond dissociation upon
NO adsorption. The effect of the promotion of CaO by Pt has also been investigated. The respective desorption
profiles are similar to those for the unpromoted CaO with preadsorbed surface oxygens, although the amounts
are significantly increased.