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Delitsky & Lane 1997
Delitsky, M.L. and Lane, A.L. (1997). Chemical schemes for surface modification of icy satellites: A road map. Journal of Geophysical Research 102: doi: 10.1029/97JE01250. issn: 0148-0227.

The icy Galilean satellites of Jupiter are subject to magnetospheric plasma ion bombardment, which induces chemical changes within the ice. The possible detection of CO2 on the surface of Ganymede by the Galileo spacecraft makes for a more complicated chemistry and increases the number of chemical compounds that may then be present. We outline chemical schemes for the irradiation of pure and mixed ices H2O/CO2 and suggest species which observers may detect on Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto, such as C3O2, H2CO3, H2O2, CO3, HO2, CO, H2CO, CH2CO, as well as K2O, KOH, and SO3, from plasma implantation. Column abundances of compounds in the ice are calculated using a specified energy input and G values (yield per 100 eV).¿ 1997 American Geophysical Union

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Planetology, Solar System Objects, Jovian satellites, Magnetospheric Physics, Magnetosphere interactions with satellites and rings, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Physics and chemistry of materials, Planetology, Comets and Small Bodies, Satellites
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Journal of Geophysical Research
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