Ammonia clathrate hydrates as new solid phases for Titan, Enceladus,andother planetary systems

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 37, 2012, Pages 14785-14790

  Shina, Kyuchul ^a   Kumarb, Rajnish ^b   Udachina, Konstantin A ^a   Alavia, Saman ^a   Ripmeester, John A ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL CHEMICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Ethane; Hydrate inhibitors; Hydrogen bonding; Ice; Single crystal x ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CLATHRATE HYDRATE; METHANE; TETRAHYDROFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; ASTRONOMY; ATMOSPHERE; ENCELADUS; HYDRATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SOLID; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS; TITAN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMMONIA; ATMOSPHERE; COLD TEMPERATURE; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT; FURANS; HYDROGEN BONDING; METHANE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PHASE TRANSITION; SATURN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84866272343     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1205820109     Document Type: Article

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