Modeling chemical growth processes in Titan's atmosphere 2. Theoretical study of reactions between C2H and ethene, propene, 1-butene, 2-butene, isobutene, trimethylethene, and tetramethylethene

Icarus

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 642-655

  Woon, David E ^a   Park, Jin Young ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres; chemistry; composition; evolution; Organic chemistry; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649970523     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.02.028     Document Type: Article

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