Organic substances in cometary grains: Comparison of secondary ion mass spectral data and californium-252 plasma desorption data from reference compounds

International Journal of Mass Spectrometry

Volumn 189, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 79-92

  Varmuza, K ^a   Werther, W ^b   Krueger, F R ^c   Kissel, J ^d   Schmid, E R ^b  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Ingenieurbureau Dr Krueger   (Germany)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR EXTRATERRESTRISCHE PHYSIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cometary dust; COSIMA; Fragmentation processes; PDMS; ROSETTA; SIMS

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005867043     PISSN: 13873806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1387-3806(99)00069-X     Document Type: Article

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