Infrared Study of Ion-Irradiated Water-Ice Mixtures with Hydrocarbons Relevant to Comets

Laboratory Studies of the Formation of M

Laboratory Studies of the Formation of Methanol and Other Organic Molecules by Water+Carbon Monoxide Radiolysis: Relevance to Comets, Icy Satellites, and Interstellar Ices

✍ R.L. Hudson; M.H. Moore 📂 Article 📅 1999 🏛 Elsevier Science 🌐 English ⚖ 145 KB

## Radiation processing of cometary, planetary, and interstellar ices has been investigated by irradiating mixtures of H 2 O and CO near 16 K with 0.8-MeV protons. IR spectroscopy and isotopic substitution showed that H and OH, from H 2 O, added to CO to form HCO, H 2 CO, HCOOH, and CH 3 OH. A val