Gas-Grain Processes for the Formation of CH 4 and H 2O: Reactions of H Atoms with C, O, and CO in the Solid Phase at 12 K

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May 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998apj...498..710h&link_type=abstract

Astrophysical Journal v.498, p.710

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

44

Ism: Dust, Extinction, Ism: General, Molecular Processes

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The reactions of H atoms with C, O, CO, and CH3CN in solid phase at 12 K were investigated by temperature-programmed mass spectrometry. In the reaction of H atoms with C atoms trapped in the CO matrix, H atoms migrate in the CO matrix and react with trapped C atoms selectively to form CH4. D2O was the major product from the reactions of D atoms with O atoms trapped in a N2O matrix. CH4 was found to be one of the final products from the reactions of H atoms with solid CO. The precursor for the formation of CH4 may be the CH2OH radical. No products were detected from the reaction of H atoms with CH3CN, suggesting that the nitrile group is not amenable to the hydrogenation reactions by H atoms at 12 K. When CH4 molecules are trapped in matrices such as CH3OH and H2O, the desorption of CH4 is greatly suppressed, i.e., from ~50 K for neat CH4 to ~100 K for CH4 in the CH3OH matrix and to ~150 K for CH4 in the H2O matrix.

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