Rates of fixation by lightning of carbon and nitrogen in possible primitive atmospheres
dc.contributor.author | Chameides, W. L. | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Walker, James C. G. | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2006-09-08T21:20:26Z | |
dc.date.available | 2006-09-08T21:20:26Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1981-12 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Chameides, W. L.; Walker, J. C. G.; (1981). "Rates of fixation by lightning of carbon and nitrogen in possible primitive atmospheres." Origins of Life 11(4): 291-302. <http://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43346> | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 0302-1688 | en_US |
dc.identifier.issn | 1573-0875 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/43346 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=6276836&dopt=citation | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | A thermochemical-hydrodynamic model of the production of trace species by electrical discharges has been used to estimate the rates of fixation of C and N by lightning in the primitive atmosphere. Calculations for various possible mixtures of CH 4 , CO 2 , N 2 , H 2 , and H 2 O reveal that the prime species produced were probably HCN and NO and that the key parameter determining the rates of fixation was the ratio of C atoms to O atoms in the atmosphere. Atmospheres with C more abundant than O have large HCN fixation rates, in excess of 10 17 molecules J −1 , but small NO yields. However, when O is more abundant than C, the NO fixation rate approaches 10 17 molecules J −1 while the HCN yield is small. The implications for the evolution of life are discussed. | en_US |
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dc.format.extent | 3115 bytes | |
dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | |
dc.format.mimetype | text/plain | |
dc.language.iso | en_US | |
dc.publisher | Kluwer Academic Publishers; D. Reidel Publishing ; Springer Science+Business Media | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Life Sciences | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Organic Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Geochemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Biochemistry, General | en_US |
dc.title | Rates of fixation by lightning of carbon and nitrogen in possible primitive atmospheres | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Natural Resources and Environment | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbsecondlevel | Biological Chemistry | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Science | en_US |
dc.subject.hlbtoplevel | Health Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Peer Reviewed | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationum | Space Physics Research Laboratory, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationother | School of Geophysical Sciences, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, USA | en_US |
dc.contributor.affiliationumcampus | Ann Arbor | en_US |
dc.identifier.pmid | 6276836 | en_US |
dc.description.bitstreamurl | http://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/43346/1/11084_2004_Article_BF00931483.pdf | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00931483 | en_US |
dc.identifier.source | Origins of Life | en_US |
dc.owningcollname | Interdisciplinary and Peer-Reviewed |
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