The photochemical products of benzene in Titan's upper atmosphere

Icarus

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 477-484

  Delitsky, M L ^a   McKay, C P ^b  

^a California Specialty Engineering   (United States)

^b NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheres, Chemistry; Organic chemistry; Saturn, Satellites; Titan

Indexed keywords

EID: 77950046785     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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