Hydropyrolysis: A new technique for the analysis of macromolecular material in meteorites

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1280-1286

  Sephton, Mark A ^a   Love, Gordon D ^b   Meredith, Will ^c   Snape, Colin E ^c   Sun, Cheng Gong ^c   Watson, Jonathan S ^d  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hydropyrolysis; Meteorite; Murchison; Organic; Polyaromatic hydrocarbons; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

ALKYLATION; CATALYSTS; HYDROLYSIS; MACROMOLECULES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NITROGEN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; PYROLYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM;

HYDROPYROLYSIS; MURCHISON; ORGANIC; POLYAROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

METEORITES;

EID: 24644486953     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2005.06.008     Document Type: Article

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