Possibilities for the detection of hydrogen peroxide-water-based life on Mars by the Phoenix Lander

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 449-453

  Houtkooper, Joop M ^a   Schulze Makuch, Dirk ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Hydrogen peroxide water hypothesis; Mars; Phoenix; Scanning calorimetry

Indexed keywords

ASTROBIOLOGY; BIOCHEMISTRY; CALORIMETRY; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MIXTURES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; SCANNING; WATER CONTENT;

BIOGENIC ORIGINS; CELLULAR CONTENTS; FREEZING POINTS; HIGH WATERS; LIFE DETECTIONS; LIFE ON MARS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; NEAR SURFACES; PHOENIX; PHOENIX MISSIONS; SCANNING CALORIMETRY; WATER-BASED;

WATER VAPOR;

EID: 63649125675     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2008.08.018     Document Type: Article

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