Low temperature (39-298 K) kinetics study of the reactions of the C4H radical with various hydrocarbons observed in Titan's atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 194, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 746-757

  Berteloite, Coralie ^a   Le Picard, Sébastien D ^a   Birza, Petre ^a   Gazeau, Marie Claire ^b   Canosa, André ^a   Bénilan, Yves ^b   Sims, Ian R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; chemistry; composition; Organic chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 40949089005     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2007.10.012     Document Type: Article

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