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Search for Organic and Volatile Inorganic Compounds in Two Surface Samples from the Chryse Planitia Region of Mars
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Two surface samples collected from the Chryse Planitia region of Mars were heated to temperatures up to 500°C, and the volatiles that they evolved were analyzed with a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. Only water and carbon dioxide were detected. This implies that organic compounds have not accumulated to the extent that individual components could be detected at levels of a few parts in 10 9 by weight in our samples. Proposed mechanisms for the accumulation and destruction of organic compounds are discussed in the light of this limit.
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- Biemann, K., Oro, J., Toulmin, P., Orgel, L. E., Nier, A. O., Anderson, D. M., Simmonds, P. G., Flory, D., Diaz, A. V., Rushneck, D. R., & Biller, J. A.
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- 1976-10
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- 194
- Issue
- 4260
- Pages
- 72-76
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- 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
- 1095-9203
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- W2080977433
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- 31.88
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- journal article
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- en
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