We present results of application of the kinetic Monte Carlo technique to simulate argon adsorption on a graphite surface at temperatures below and above the triple point. We show that below the triple point the densification of the adsorbed layer with loading results in the rearrangement of molecules to form a hexagonal structure, which is accompanied by the release of an additional heat, associated with this disorder-order transition. This appears as a spike in the plot of the heat of adsorption versus loading at the completion of a monolayer on the surface. To describe the details of the adsorbed phase, we analyzed thermodynamic properties and the effects of temperature on the order-disorder transition of the first layer.

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