Hydrogen cyanide polymers from the impact of comet P/Shoemaker-Levy 9 on Jupiter

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1087-1091

  Matthews, C N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; MICROCLIMATE; SYNTHESIS;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; JUPITER; METEOROIDS; POLYMERS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

EID: 0031290207     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0273-1177(97)00357-8     Document Type: Article

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