ACID DISSOLUTION EXPERIMENTS - CARBONATES AND THE 6.8-MICROMETER BANDS IN INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES

被引:32
作者
SANDFORD, SA [1 ]
机构
[1] WASHINGTON UNIV,MCDONNELL CTR SPACE SCI,ST LOUIS,MO 63130
关键词
ACIDS - DUST - Chemical Analysis - EARTH ATMOSPHERE - Upper Atmosphere - MINERALOGY - Carbonates - ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;
D O I
10.1126/science.231.4745.1540
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
A chemical dissolution experiment on an interplanetary dust particle (IDP) showed that carbonates, not acid-insoluble organic compounds, were responsible for virtually all the absorption at 6. 8 micrometers seen in the infrared spectra of this particle. The IDP examined had an infrared spectrum characteristic of layer-lattice silicates and belongs to a class of IDP's whose spectra resemble those of protostellar objects like W33 A, which also exhibit a band at 6. 8 micrometers.
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页码:1540 / 1542
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