Thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on land
Earth’s atmosphere is composed primarily of N2 and O2. The origin of free O2 in the early Earth’s atmosphere is still subject of considerable debate.1 Theoretical models suggest that the initial form of free O2 in the atmosphere has been oceanic H2O. Recent computation modeling has suggested that a...
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doaj-471a2646737349af8065b652d320e99b2020-12-24T12:10:42ZengSerbian Chemical Society Journal of the Serbian Chemical Society0352-51391820-74212003-01-016829710710.2298/JSC0302097P0352-51390302097PThermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on landPremović Pavle I.0Laboratory for Geochemistry, Cosmochemistry and Astrochemistry, University of Niš, P. O. Box 91, YU-18000 Niš, Serbia, YugoslaviaEarth’s atmosphere is composed primarily of N2 and O2. The origin of free O2 in the early Earth’s atmosphere is still subject of considerable debate.1 Theoretical models suggest that the initial form of free O2 in the atmosphere has been oceanic H2O. Recent computation modeling has suggested that a superheated (ca. 2000 K) H2O vapor atmosphere of 1.4x1021 kg (the present mass of the oceans) lasting for about 3000 y could probably have been formed on Earth by an enormous (ca. 1028 J) asteroid impact. In this report, the occurrence of the thermochemical dissociation of the vapor, creating a primitive oxygenic (ca. 0.1 of the present level (PAL) of free O2) atmosphere.http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0352-5139/2003/0352-51390302097P.pdfoxygenatmospherethermochemistryphotochemistryearthasteroidimpact |
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Thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on land |
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Thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on land |
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Thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on land |
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Thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature O2 generation on the early Earth: Giant asteroid impact on land |
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thermochemical equilibrium calculations of high-temperature o2 generation on the early earth: giant asteroid impact on land |
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Serbian Chemical Society |
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0352-5139 1820-7421 |
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Earth’s atmosphere is composed primarily of N2 and O2. The origin of free O2 in the early Earth’s atmosphere is still subject of considerable debate.1 Theoretical models suggest that the initial form of free O2 in the atmosphere has been oceanic H2O. Recent computation modeling has suggested that a superheated (ca. 2000 K) H2O vapor atmosphere of 1.4x1021 kg (the present mass of the oceans) lasting for about 3000 y could probably have been formed on Earth by an enormous (ca. 1028 J) asteroid impact. In this report, the occurrence of the thermochemical dissociation of the vapor, creating a primitive oxygenic (ca. 0.1 of the present level (PAL) of free O2) atmosphere. |
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oxygen atmosphere thermochemistry photochemistry earth asteroid impact |
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