Measurement of the rate constant for the association reaction CH + N2 at 53 K and its relevance to Triton's atmosphere

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 485-488

  Le Picard, Sébastien D ^a,b   Canosa, André ^a,b  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; FLUORESCENCE; METHANE; NITROGEN; PHOTOLYSIS; PULSED LASER APPLICATIONS; SATELLITES; PULSED LASERS; RATE CONSTANTS;

LASER INDUCED FLUORESCENCE; PULSED LASER PHOTOLYSIS; TRITON;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS;

PRESSURE RANGES; PULSED LASER PHOTOLYSIS; THIRD ORDER; TIME-RESOLVED LASER-INDUCED FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 3743127313     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/98GL50118     Document Type: Article

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