Organic chemistry of NH3 and HCN induced by an atmospheric abnormal glow discharge in N2-CH4 mixtures

EPJ Applied Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Horvath, G ^a,b   Krcma, F ^c   Polachova, L ^b,c   Klohnova, K ^c   Mason, N J ^b   Zahoran, M ^a   Matejcik, S ^a  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABNORMAL GLOW DISCHARGE; AMBIENT TEMPERATURES; ATMOSPHERIC GLOW DISCHARGE; CHEMICAL PRODUCTS; EMISSION SPECTRUMS; FIRST NEGATIVE SYSTEMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; FTIR; HCN AND NH; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANIC SPECIES; PHYSICAL MECHANISM; POSITIVE SYSTEMS; TITAN'S ATMOSPHERE;

EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLOW DISCHARGES; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY;

EID: 79551679801     PISSN: 12860042     EISSN: 12860050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/epjap/2010100191     Document Type: Article

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