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Diagnostics of nitrogen-methane atmospheric glow discharge used for a mimic of prebiotic atmospheres

MAZÁNKOVÁ, V. TÖRÖKOVÁ, L. KRČMA, F. MASON, N. J. MATEJČÍK, Š.

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journal article in Scopus

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. This work extends our previous investigation of nitrogen-methane (N2-CH4) atmospheric glow discharge for simulation chemical processes in prebiotic atmospheres. In presented experiments 2% of water vapor were addet to nitrogen methane gas mixture. Exhaust products of discharge in this gas mixture were in-situ analysed by Fourier Transform Infra Red spectroscopy (FTIR). The major products identified in spectra were: hydrogen cyanide, acetylene and acetonitrile.

Keywords

prebiotic atmosphere, Fourier Transform Infra Red spectroscopy, glow discharge

Authors

MAZÁNKOVÁ, V.; TÖRÖKOVÁ, L.; KRČMA, F.; MASON, N. J.; MATEJČÍK, Š.

Released

1. 6. 2017

Location

Praha

ISBN

2336-2626

Periodical

Plasma Physics and Technology

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Czech Republic

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BibTex

@article{BUT142064,
  author="Věra {Mazánková} and Lucie {Töröková} and David {Trunec} and František {Krčma}",
  title="Diagnostics of nitrogen-methane atmospheric glow discharge used for a mimic of prebiotic atmospheres",
  journal="Plasma Physics and Technology",
  year="2017",
  volume="4",
  number="1",
  pages="83--86",
  doi="10.14311/ppt.2017.1.83",
  issn="2336-2626"
}