Far UV photolysis of CH4-NH3 mixtures and planetary studies

Details Far UV photolysis of CH4-NH3 mixtures and planetary studies Far UV photolysis of CH4-NH3 mixtures and planetary studies

Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980natur.288..243b&link_type=abstract

Nature, vol. 288, Nov. 20, 1980, p. 243-246. Research supported by the Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales.

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Ammonia, Far Ultraviolet Radiation, Gas Giant Planets, Gas Mixtures, Methane, Photolysis, Gas Chromatography, Nitriles, Photochemical Reactions, Photoproduction, Planetary Atmospheres, Reaction Kinetics

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New photochemical data are reported on the effects of mole fraction of NH3 in CH4-NH3 mixtures used in the production of N-containing organics. The photolysis of these mixtures at 147 nm forms nitriles when the NH3 mole fraction is low, and produces amines when the fraction is high. It was concluded that: (1) significant amounts of nitriles may have been photoproduced on the primitive earth if a low partial pressure of NH3 remained, and (2) nitriles are the principal N-containing organics which can be photoproduced in the atmosphere of giant planets.

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