The production of oxidants in Europa's surface

Astrobiology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 823-850

  Johnson, R E ^a   Quickenden, T I ^b   Cooper, P D ^b   McKinley, A J ^b   Freeman, C G ^c  

^a University of Virginia   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Chemical Kinetics; Europa; Ice; Oxygen

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FREE RADICAL; HYDROGEN; ICE; ION; OXIDIZING AGENT; OXYGEN; PEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; DIMERIZATION; KINETICS; LIGHT; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBON; DIMERIZATION; FREE RADICALS; HYDROGEN; ICE; IONS; JUPITER; KINETICS; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; PEROXIDES; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0346754791     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/153110703322736123     Document Type: Article

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