Anion chemistry on Titan: A possible route to large N-bearing hydrocarbons

Icarus

Volumn 219, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 161-167

  Žabka, Ján ^a   Romanzin, Claire ^b   Alcaraz, Christian ^b   Polášek, Miroslav ^a  

^a J HEYROVSKÝ INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Chemistry; Ionospheres; Titan, atmosphere

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858744127     PISSN: 00191035     EISSN: 10902643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2012.02.031     Document Type: Article

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