GC-MS in the analysis of organic compounds in meteoritesThe application of an analytical approach combining gas chromatography with mass spectrometry (GC-MS) has shown that the amino acid composition of meteorite extracts is quite complex. A computer was used in the evaluation of the data obtained in the investigations. The computer programs developed have been concerned solely with the mass spectra of amino acids. Specialized programs have been written to determine the number of carbon atoms in an amino acid which is a member of any of three subclasses.
Document ID
19740055650
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Other - Collected Works
Authors
Lawless, J. G.
Romiez, M. P. (NASA Ames Research Center Planetary Biology Div., Moffett Field, Calif., United States)