Rate measurements of the hydrolysis of complex organic macromolecules in cold aqueous solutions: Implications for prebiotic chemistry on the early earth and titan

Astrobiology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 273-287

  Neish, C D ^a   Somogyi, A ^b   Imanaka, H ^b   Lunine, J I ^a,c   Smith, M A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

^c INAF   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early Earth; Prebiotic chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ASTRONOMY; CALIBRATION; COLD; CONFERENCE PAPER; HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; STANDARD;

CALIBRATION; COLD; EARTH (PLANET); HYDROLYSIS; KINETICS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SATURN; SOLUTIONS; WATER;

EID: 42049109691     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2007.0193     Document Type: Conference Paper

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