Kinetic studies on low-temperature solid-state reactions in interstellar ices

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1638-1963|58|issue|363-367

ISSN: 1633-4760

Source: EAS Publications Series, Vol.58, Iss.issue, 2013-02, pp. : 363-367

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Abstract

Understanding the chemistry of the interstellar medium necessitates the use of gas-grain chemistry codes along with extensive databases of gas-phase and solid-phase reactions. If reaction rates have been measured for various types of gas phase reactions, no experimental kinetic studies are available for determining solid-state thermal reaction rates. We present here an experimental kinetic study of few purely thermal low-temperature solid-state reactions relevant to interstellar ice chemistry.

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