Titan's atmospheric chemistry: Photolysis of gas mixtures containing hydrogen cyanide and carbon monoxide at 185 and 254 nm

Icarus

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 224-232

  Tran, Buu N ^a   Force, Michael ^b   Briggs, Robert G ^b   Ferris, James P ^a   Persans, Peter ^c   Chera, John J ^d  

^a Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d GE GLOBAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; chemistry; composition; Organic chemistry; Photochemistry; Satellites; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749014480     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.09.010     Document Type: Article

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