Venus was wet: a measurement of the ratio of deuterium to hydrogen
Journal Article
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· Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States)
- Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor
The deuterium-hydrogen abundance ratio in the Venus atmosphere was measured while the inlets to the Pioneer Venus large probe mass spectrometer were coated with sulfuric acid from Venus' clouds. The ratio is (1.6 +- 0.2) x 10/sup -2/. The hundredfold enrichment of deuterium means that at least 0.3% of a terrestrial ocean was outgassed on Venus, but is consistent with a much greater production. 2 figures.
- OSTI ID:
- 6414598
- Journal Information:
- Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States), Journal Name: Science (Washington, D.C.); (United States) Vol. 216; ISSN SCIEA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
400203 -- Isotope Exchange & Isotope Separation-- (-1987)
640105* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Galaxies
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATMOSPHERES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ACIDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS SPECTRA
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORIGIN
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTRA
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SULFURIC ACID
VENUS PLANET
WATER
400203 -- Isotope Exchange & Isotope Separation-- (-1987)
640105* -- Astrophysics & Cosmology-- Galaxies
71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
ATMOSPHERES
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DEUTERIUM
DEUTERIUM COMPOUNDS
ELEMENTS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
HYDROGEN ISOTOPES
INFORMATION
INORGANIC ACIDS
ISOTOPE RATIO
ISOTOPE SEPARATION
ISOTOPES
LIGHT NUCLEI
MASS SPECTRA
NONMETALS
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
ODD-ODD NUCLEI
ORIGIN
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PLANETARY ATMOSPHERES
PLANETS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPECTRA
STABLE ISOTOPES
STRUCTURAL CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR DIOXIDE
SULFUR OXIDES
SULFURIC ACID
VENUS PLANET
WATER