UVolution, a photochemistry experiment in low earth orbit: Investigation of the photostability of carboxylic acids exposed to mars surface uv radiation conditions

Astrobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 449-461

  Stalport, Fabien ^a,b   Guan, Yuan Yong ^a   Coll, Patrice ^a   Szopa, Cyril ^c   MacAri, Frédérique ^a   Raulin, François ^a   Chaput, Didier ^d   Cottin, Hervé ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^d CNES   (France)

Author keywords

Astrobiology; Mars; Organic matter; Space mission; UV radiation

Indexed keywords

2 AMINO 2 METHYLPROPIONIC ACID; 2-AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; MELLITIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; TRICARBOXYLIC ACID; TRIMESIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMISTRY; HALF LIFE TIME; INFRARED SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; METHODOLOGY; MICROCLIMATE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE;

AMINOISOBUTYRIC ACIDS; BENZOATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; EARTH (PLANET); EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; HALF-LIFE; MARS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHTHALIC ACIDS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, INFRARED; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TRICARBOXYLIC ACIDS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 77953599611     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2009.0413     Document Type: Article

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