Quantum chemical calculation on the potential energy surface of H2CO3 and its implication for martian chemistry

Icarus

Volumn 214, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 228-235

  Wu, Yu Jong ^a   Wu, C Y Robert ^b   Liang, Mao Chang ^c,d,e  

^a NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON RADIATION RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c RESEARCH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e INSTITUTE OF ASTRONOMY AND ASTROPHYSICS   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mars

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959553661     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2011.05.009     Document Type: Article

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