Publication detail

FTIR Analysis of DC Glow Discharge in CH4-N2 Mixtures

TÖRÖKOVÁ, L. HORVÁTH, G. MASON, N.J. KRČMA, F. MATEJČÍK, Š.

Original Title

Type

conference paper

Language

English

Original Abstract

The exploration of planetary atmosphere is being advanced by the exciting results of the Cassini-Huygens mission to Saturn and Titan, its most famous moon. 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 CH4-N2 gas. Samples of the discharge gas were analysed by Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy. Measurements revealed HCN and NH3 to be the major products of the plasma with traces of C2H2. Carbon monoxide and water were detected as reaction products in methane-nitrogen gas mixture with 1% of carbon dioxide. These molecules could be precursors for other more complicated molecular structures, even some amino acids.

Keywords

nitrogen-methane mixture, Titan atmosphere, glow discharge, FTIR

Authors

TÖRÖKOVÁ, L.; HORVÁTH, G.; MASON, N.J.; KRČMA, F. MATEJČÍK, Š.

RIV year

2013

Released

26. 1. 2013

Location

Bratislava

ISBN

978-80-8147-004-2

Book

19th Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes, Workshop on Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Book of Contributed Papers

Pages from

296

Pages to

300

Pages count

BibTex

@inproceedings{BUT97278,
  author="TÖRÖKOVÁ, L. and HORVÁTH, G. and MASON, N.J. and KRČMA, F. MATEJČÍK, Š.",
  title="FTIR Analysis of DC Glow Discharge in CH4-N2 Mixtures",
  booktitle="19th Symposium on Application of Plasma Processes, Workshop on Ion Mobility Spectrometry, Book of Contributed Papers",
  year="2013",
  pages="296--300",
  address="Bratislava",
  isbn="978-80-8147-004-2"
}