University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Science
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology Institute for Research on Earth Evolution
University of Tokyo Graduate School of Frontier Sciences
出版者
宇宙航空研究開発機構宇宙科学研究本部
出版者（英）
Institute of Space and Astronautical Science, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA/ISAS)
雑誌名
第37回月・惑星シンポジウム
雑誌名(英)
Proceedings of the 37th ISAS Lunar and Planetary Symposium
ページ
33 - 36
発行年
2004-02
抄録（英）
Chemical reactions within impact-induced vapor clouds may have played an important role in both the evolution of atmosphere of the Earth and the origin of life. However, chemical reaction process within impact vapor clouds is not understood well yet. In particular, chemical interaction between silicates and carbon compounds has not been studied extensively. The thermal decomposition of silicates within impact vapor clouds may affect the carbon chemistry within impact vapor clouds. Laser irradiation experiments using terrestrial rocks and chondrites by Mukhin et al. (1989) show that the carbon-bearing gas produced in the laser heating experiments were composed mainly of the oxidized species, such as CO and CO2, with only small amounts of reduced species such as hydrocarbon, HCN, and CH3CHO. Mukhin et al. (1989) propose that oxygen derived from thermal decomposition of silicates may oxidize carbon. However, such an oxidation process has not been investigated in detail. Most theoretical studies on chemical reaction in impact vapor clouds neglected such an effect of oxygen released from silicates. In this study investigated quantitatively is the oxidation of carbon compounds by oxygen from SiO2 in vapor clouds using laser-pulse heating experiments.
The effect of thermally decomposed SiO2 on carbon chemistry within impact-induced vapor clouds
