Organic compounds in lunar samples: pyrolysis products, hydrocarbons, amino acids.
Science
; 167(3918): 770-3, 1970 Jan 30.
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em En
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| ID: mdl-5410553
ABSTRACT
Lunar fines and a chip from inside a rock pyrolyzed in helium at 700 degrees C gave methane, other gases, and aromatic hydrocarbons. Benzene/methanol extracts of fines yielded traces of high molecular weight alkanes and sulfur. Traces of glycine, alanine, ethanolamine, and urea were found in aqueous extracts. Biological controls and a terrestrial rock, dunite, subjected to exhaust from the lunar module descent engine showed a different amino acid distribution. Interpretation of the origin of the carbon compounds requires extreme care, because of possible contamination acquired during initial sample processing.
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Assunto principal:
Meio Ambiente Extraterreno
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Geologia
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Aminoácidos
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Hidrocarbonetos
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En
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Science
Ano de publicação:
1970
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