Oxidative destruction of polymeric material on the surface of Europa

Details Oxidative destruction of polymeric material on the surface of Europa Oxidative destruction of polymeric material on the surface of Europa

Mar 1997

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1997lpi....28..905m&link_type=abstract

Conference Paper, 28th Annual Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, p. 905.

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Oxidation, Polymers, Europa, Satellite Surfaces, Hydroxyl Radicals, Oxygen, Ice, Water, Planetary Magnetospheres, Ozone

Scientific paper

Data are presented from two experiments that address the oxidative degradation of polymeric materials in an icy solar system environment such as that of Europa. The abundance of water ice on the surface of Europa, combined with the high flux of charges particles from the Jovian magnetosphere, should result in radiolysis of water ice to produce a highly oxidizing chemical environment. A decrease in absorptance in the UV is predicted for initially dark organic materials in such an environment.

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