Publication detail

Organic Abundances in Atmospheric Pressure N2-CH4 Discharges

WATSON, J. ZÁHORAN, M. HORVÁTH, G. MASON, N. KRČMA, F. KLOHNOVÁ, K. POLÁCHOVÁ, L. MATĚJČÍK, Š.

Original Title

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

A qualitative FTIR analysis of products formed in an abnormal glow discharge was studied at atmospheric pressure and ambient temperature. The used nitrogen-methane mixtures (0.5 - 2 % of methane) was corresponded to the composition of Titan's atmosphere. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectra were taken in dependence of discharge current and gas mixture composition. Simple hydrocarbons and nitriles such C2H2, C2H6, C2H4, C3H8, HCN, NH3, HC3N and CH3CN were identified as the main discharge products. CN and CHx radicals have been found to be the main initializers of organic chemistry in our discharge. Such a plasmachemistry may provide some insight into the chemical processes prevalent in the atmosphere of Titan

Keywords

FTIR spectroscopy, atmospheric pressure discharge, Titan like atmosphere, nitrogen-methane gas mixture

Authors

WATSON, J.; ZÁHORAN, M.; HORVÁTH, G.; MASON, N.; KRČMA, F.; KLOHNOVÁ, K.; POLÁCHOVÁ, L.; MATĚJČÍK, Š.

RIV year

2011

Released

14. 1. 2011

Location

Bratislava

ISBN

978-80-89186-77-8

Book

Book of Contributed Papers: 18th Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes and Workshop on Plasmas as a Planetary Atmospheres Mimics

Pages from

257

Pages to

261

Pages count

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT36696,
  author="James {Watson} and Miro {Záhoran} and Gabriel {Horváth} and Nigel {Mason} and František {Krčma} and Karolína {Klohnová} and Lucie {Töröková} and Štefan {Matějčík}",
  title="Organic Abundances in Atmospheric Pressure N2-CH4 Discharges",
  booktitle="Book of Contributed Papers: 18th Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes and Workshop on Plasmas as a Planetary Atmospheres Mimics",
  year="2011",
  pages="257--261",
  address="Bratislava",
  isbn="978-80-89186-77-8"
}