Production yields of organics of astrobiological interest from H 2ONH 3 hydrolysis of Titans tholins

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 114-123

  Poch, O ^a   Coll, P ^a   Buch, A ^b   Ramirez S I ^c   Raulin, F ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE INTERUNIVERSITAIRE DES SYSTÈMES ATMOSPHÉRIQUES   (France)

^b ECOLE CENTRALE PARIS   (France)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES QUÍMICAS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aerosols; Chemical evolution; Simulation; Surface; Tholins; Titan

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA SOLUTION; AMMONIA WATER; ASPARTIC ACIDS; CASSINI-HUYGENS MISSION; CHEMICAL EVOLUTION; COLD PLASMAS; CONTINUOUS FLOWS; DERIVATIZATION REACTION; GC-MS ANALYSIS; GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; MELT POOL; MTBSTFA; NUCLEOBASES; ORGANIC AEROSOL; ORGANIC CHEMISTRY; ORGANICS; OXYGEN SOURCES; PRODUCTION YIELD; PURE WATER; SIMULATION; THOLINS; TITAN;

AEROSOLS; AMINO ACIDS; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; HYDROLYSIS; PRODUCTION; SURFACES; UREA;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

EID: 84856168384     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2011.04.009     Document Type: Conference Paper

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