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Production of organic compounds in plasmas - A comparison among electric sparks, laser-induced plasmas, and UV lightIn order to ascertain the features of organic compound-production in planetary atmospheres under the effects of plasmas and shocks, various mixtures of N2, CH4, and H2 modeling the atmosphere of Titan were subjected to discrete sparks, laser-induced plasmas, and UV radiation. The experimental results obtained suggest that UV photolysis from the plasma is an important organic compound synthesis process, as confirmed by the photolysis of gas samples that were exposed to the light but not to the shock waves emitted by the sparks. The thermodynamic equilibrium theory is therefore incomplete in the absence of photolysis.
Document ID
19900024518
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Scattergood, Thomas W.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA; New York, State University, Stony Brook, United States)
Mckay, Christopher P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Borucki, William J.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Giver, Lawrence P.
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Van Ghyseghem, Hilde
(NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Date Acquired
August 14, 2013
Publication Date
October 1, 1989
Publication Information
Publication: Icarus
Volume: 81
ISSN: 0019-1035
Subject Category
Lunar And Planetary Exploration
Accession Number
90A11573
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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