Reactions of nitriles in ices relevant to Titan, comets, and the interstellar medium: Formation of cyanate ion, ketenimines, and isonitriles

Icarus

Volumn 172, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 466-478

  Hudson, R L ^a   Moore, M H ^b  

^a ECKERD COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Comets; Ices; Photochemistry; Radiation chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 11144285529     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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