期刊
ICARUS
卷 233, 期 -, 页码 233-241出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2014.02.006
关键词
Titan, atmosphere; Atmospheres, chemistry; Photochemistry; Experimental techniques
资金
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NNX11AD82G]
- CIRES Visiting Fellows Program
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellowship [AST-1102827]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration Earth and Space Science Fellowship [NNX10AP76H]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Astronomical Sciences [1102827] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- NASA [NNX10AP76H, 126773] Funding Source: Federal RePORTER
During the Cassini mission to the saturnian system, benzene (C6H6) was observed throughout Titan's atmosphere. Although present in trace amounts, benzene has been proposed to be an important precursor for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon formation, which could eventually lead to haze production. In this work, we simulate the effect of benzene in Titan's atmosphere in the laboratory by using a deuterium lamp (115-400 nm) to irradiate CH4/N-2 gas mixtures containing ppm-levels of C6H6. Proton-transfer ion-trap mass spectrometry is used to detect gas-phase products in situ. HCN and CH3CN are identified as two major gases formed from the photolysis of 2% CH4 in N-2, both with and without 1 ppmv C6H6 added. Inclusion of benzene significantly increases the total amount of gas-phase products formed and the aromaticity of the resultant gases, as shown by delta analysis of the mass spectra. The condensed phase products (or tholins) are measured in situ using high-resolution time-of-flight aerosol mass spectrometry. As reported previously by Trainer et al. (Trainer, M.G., Sebree, J.A., Yoon, Y.H., Tolbert, MA. [2013]. Astrophys. J. 766, L4), the addition of C6H6 is shown to increase aerosol mass, but decrease the nitrogen incorporation in the organic aerosol. The pressure dependence of aerosol formation for the C6H6/CH4/N-2 gas mixture is also explored. As the pressure decreases, the %N by mass in the aerosol products decreases. (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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