Laboratory investigation on the formation of unsaturated nitriles in Titan's atmosphere

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 447-462

  Balucani, N ^a,c   Asvany, O ^a,d   Osamura, Y ^b   Huang, L C L ^a   Lee, Y T ^a   Kaiser, R I ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^d CHEMNITZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 0000312984     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0032-0633(00)00018-0     Document Type: Article

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