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TÖRÖKOVÁ, L. MAZÁNKOVÁ, V. MASON, N. KRČMA, F. MORGAN, G. MATEJČÍK, Š.
Original Title
The influence of CO2 admixtures on process in Titan's atmospheric chemistry
Type
journal article - other
Language
English
Original Abstract
The exploration of planetary atmosphere is being advanced by the exciting results of the Cassin-Huygens mission to Titan. The complex chemistry revealed in such atmospheres leading to the synthesis of bigger molecules is providing new insights into our understanding of how life on Earth developed. In our experiments Titan’s atmosphere is simulated in a glow discharge formed from a mixture of N2:CH4:CO2 gas. Samples of the discharge gas were analysed by GC-MS and FTIR. The major products identified in spectra were: hydrogen cyanide, acetylene and acetonitrile. The same compounds were detected in the FTIR: hydrogen cyanide, acetylene and ammonia. Whilst many of these compounds have been predicted and/or observed in the Titan atmosphere, the present plasma experiments provide evidence of both the chemical complexity of Titan atmospheric processes and the mechanisms by which larger species grow prior to form the dust that should cover much of the Titan’s surface.
Keywords
atmosphere of Titan, glow discharge, GC-MS analysis and FTIR spectroscopy
Authors
TÖRÖKOVÁ, L.; MAZÁNKOVÁ, V.; MASON, N.; KRČMA, F.; MORGAN, G.; MATEJČÍK, Š.
Released
19. 12. 2016
Publisher
Czech Technical University in Prague, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Department of Physics
Location
Praha
ISBN
2336-2626
Periodical
Plasma Physics and Technology
Year of study
3
Number
State
Czech Republic
Pages from
163
Pages to
167
Pages count
5
URL
https://ppt.fel.cvut.cz/articles/2016/torokova.pdf
BibTex
@article{BUT131662, author="Lucie {Töröková} and Věra {Mazánková} and Nigel {Mason} and František {Krčma} and Geraint {Morgan} and Štefan {Matejčík}", title="The influence of CO2 admixtures on process in Titan's atmospheric chemistry", journal="Plasma Physics and Technology", year="2016", volume="3", number="3", pages="163--167", issn="2336-2626", url="https://ppt.fel.cvut.cz/articles/2016/torokova.pdf" }