Publication detail
Diagnostic of nitrogen - methane atmospheric glow discharge used for a mimic of prebiotic atmosphere
MAZÁNKOVÁ, V. TÖRÖKOVÁ, L. KRČMA, F. MASON, N. MATĚJČÍK, Š.
Original Title
Diagnostic of nitrogen - methane atmospheric glow discharge used for a mimic of prebiotic atmosphere
Type
abstract
Language
English
Original Abstract
This work extends our previous investigation of nitrogen-methane (N2-CH4) atmospheric glow discharge for simulation chemical processes in prebiotic atmospheres. We present results obtained by optical emission spectroscopic (OES) observations. The theory of the evolution of life was given by Oparin and it is based on the possibility of the synthesis of organic compounds by abiotic processes from inorganic species. Possible energy sources for these processes include UV radiation, electric discharges, shock waves, radioactivity, cosmic rays, solar wind, volcanoes or hydrothermal vents. Sixty years ago, the Miller Urey experiment showed that many biologically important organic compounds, including sugars and amino acids, could be formed by methane, hydrogen, ammonia and water to spark discharge. They detected products like HCN, aldehydes, ketones and the ammonia in liquid water.
Keywords
Optical emission spectroscopy, prebiotic atmospheres, DC glow discharge
Authors
MAZÁNKOVÁ, V.; TÖRÖKOVÁ, L.; KRČMA, F.; MASON, N.; MATĚJČÍK, Š.
Released
1. 9. 2016
Publisher
J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, v.v.i.
Location
Praha
ISBN
978-80-87351-39-0
Book
Evolution of Chemical Complexity: From simple interstellar molecules to terrestrial biopolymers
Edition number
1
Pages count
1
BibTex
@misc{BUT129772,
author="Věra {Mazánková} and Lucie {Töröková} and František {Krčma} and Nigel {Mason} and Štefan {Matějčík}",
title="Diagnostic of nitrogen - methane atmospheric glow discharge used for a mimic of prebiotic atmosphere",
booktitle="Evolution of Chemical Complexity: From simple interstellar molecules to terrestrial biopolymers",
year="2016",
edition="1",
pages="1",
publisher="J. Heyrovsky Institute of Physical Chemistry of the CAS, v.v.i.",
address="Praha",
isbn="978-80-87351-39-0",
note="abstract"
}