Alteration of five organic compounds by glow discharge plasma and UV light under simulated Mars conditions

Icarus

Volumn 208, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 749-757

  Hintze, Paul E ^a   Buhler, Charles R ^a   Schuerger, Andrew C ^b   Calle, Luz M ^a   Calle, Carlos I ^a  

^a KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mars, Atmosphere; Mars, Surface; Organic chemistry; Spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954621960     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2010.03.015     Document Type: Article

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