Formation routes of interstellar glycine involving carboxylic acids: Possible favoritism between gas and solid phase

Astrobiology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 883-893

  Pilling, Sergio ^a   Baptista, Leonardo ^b   Boechat Roberty, Heloisa M ^c   Andrade, Diana P P ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISA E DESENVOLVIMENTO   (Brazil)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACID; GLYCINE; ION;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; GAS; PHASE TRANSITION; SYNTHESIS; THERMODYNAMICS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; GASES; GLYCINE; IONS; MODELS, CHEMICAL; PHASE TRANSITION; STARS, CELESTIAL; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 81555205128     PISSN: 15311074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ast.2011.0650     Document Type: Article

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