| タイトル | Analytical pyrolysis experiments of Titan aerosol analogues in preparation for the Cassini Huygens mission |
| 著者（英） | Ehrenfreund, P.; Commandeur, J.; Thompson, W. R.; Khare, B.; Sagan, C.; Boon, J. J. |
| 著者所属（英） | NASA Headquarters |
| 発行日 | 1995-03-01 |
| 言語 | eng |
| 内容記述 | Comparative pyrolysis mass spectrometric data of Titan aerosol analogs, called 'tholins', are presented. The Titan tholins were produced in the laboratory at Cornell by irradiation of simulated Titan atmospheres with high energy electrons in plasma discharge. Mass-spectrometry measurements were performed at FOM of the solid phase of various tholins by Curie-point pyrolysis Gas-Chromatography/Mass-Spectrometry (GCMS) and by temperature resolved in-source Pyrolysis Mass-Spectrometry to reveal the composition and evolution temperature of the dissociation products. The results presented here are used to further define the ACP (Aerosol Collector Pyrolyser)-GCMS experiment and provide a basis for modelling of aerosol composition on Titan and for the iterpretation of Titan atmosphere data from the Huygens probe in the future. |
| NASA分類 | LIFE SCIENCES (GENERAL) |
| レポートNO | 95A66797 |
| 権利 | Copyright |
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