The ultraviolet absorber on Venus - Amorphous sulfur

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Aug 1982

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1982icar...51..358t&link_type=abstract

(International Conference on the Venus Environment, Palo Alto, CA, Nov. 1-6, 1981.) Icarus, vol. 51, Aug. 1982, p. 358-373.

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Absorbers (Materials), Sulfur, Ultraviolet Absorption, Venus Clouds, Albedo, Amorphous Materials, Atmospheric Chemistry, Atmospheric Models, Chemical Reactions

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It is pointed out that the identity of the chemical species responsible for the yellow coloration of the clouds of Venus and for the dark features which dapple the planet at ultraviolet wavelengths has long been a mystery. Independent pieces of evidence, discovered recently, suggest now that amorphous sulfur is the so-called UV absorber. A review of earlier ideas and controversies is presented, and attention is given to a new physical-chemical model of the Venus clouds which shows that sulfur should form there. A description is provided of physical characteristics of the cloud particles that, in comparison with model predictions, indicate the presence of sulfur. Optical data suggesting that elemental sulfur occurs in the clouds is discussed, and cloud morphological evidence for sulfur is considered.

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