Abstract Yields based on carbon are usually reported in prebiotic experiments, while energy yields (moles $ cal^{−1} $) are more useful in estimating the yields of products that would have been obtained from the primitive atmosphere of the earth. Energy yields for the synthesis of HCN and $ H_{2} $CO from a spark discharge were determined for various mixtures of $ CH_{4} $, CO, $ CO_{2} $, $ H_{2} $, $ H_{2} $O, $ N_{2} $ and $ NH_{3} $. The maximum yields of HCN and $ H_{2} $CO from $ CH_{4} $, CO, and $ CO_{2} $ as carbon sources are about 4×$ 10^{−8} $ moles $ cal^{−1} $.


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    Title :

    Carbon and energy yields in prebiotic syntheses using atmospheres containing $ CH_{4} $, CO and $ CO_{2} $


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Origins of life ; 14 , 1-4 ; 83-90


    Publication date :

    1984




    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English



    Classification :

    BKL:    44.71 Verkehrsmedizin
    Local classification TIB:    535/3908/4290



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