Organics produced by irradiation of frozen and liquid HCN solutions: Implications for chemical evolution studies

Astrobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 279-288

  Colin Garcia M ^a,b   Negron Mendoza A ^a   Ramos Bernal, S ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS NUCLEARES   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Chemical evolution; Comets; Cyanides; Ices; Ionizing radiation

Indexed keywords

HYDROGEN CYANIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; FREEZING; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAT; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PH; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; SYNTHESIS;

EVOLUTION, CHEMICAL; FREEZING; GAMMA RAYS; HOT TEMPERATURE; HYDROGEN CYANIDE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLUTIONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; WATER;

EID: 68249153875     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2006.0117     Document Type: Article

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