Possible scavenging reactions of C2H2 and C2H4 for phosphorus-containing radicals in the Jovian atmosphere

Details Possible scavenging reactions of C2H2 and C2H4 for phosphorus-containing radicals in the Jovian atmosphere Possible scavenging reactions of C2H2 and C2H4 for phosphorus-containing radicals in the Jovian atmosphere

May 1978

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1978georl...5..407r&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 5, May 1978, p. 407-410.

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Jupiter, Atmosphere, Ethylene, Acetylene, Phosphorus, Great Red Spot, Concentrations

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In a laboratory demonstration, UV photolysis of gaseous phosphine in the presence of the likely Jovian constituents C2H2 and C2H4 is shown not to yield solid elemental red phosphorus. This finding tends to cast doubt on the hypothesis that the source of coloration in the Jovian chromophore is solid phosphorus. Scavenging reactions involving either C2H2 or C2H4 need to be studied at Jovian atmospheric temperatures; if the scavenging reactions take place in that temperature range, formation of red phosphorus could only occur in regions of the planet characterized by low concentrations of C2H2 and C2H4.

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