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The photolysis of NH3 in the presence of substituted acetylenes - A possible source of oligomers and HCN on JupiterAn NMR spectral study is presently conducted of NH3 photolysis in the presence of substituted acetylenes with NMR spectra and gas chromatography. Quantum yields and percentage conversions to products are reported. It is shown that acetylenic hydrocarbons generated during methane photolysis in Jupiter's stratosphere can react with radicals formed by NH3 photolysis to yield nonvolatile, yellow-brown polymers, alkylnitriles, and in due course, HCN, as observed on Jupiter.
Document ID
19920043035
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Ferris, James P.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Jacobson, Richard R.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Guillemin, Jean C.
(Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States)
Date Acquired
August 15, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1992
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 95
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
92A25659
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAGW-476
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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