Survival of organic compounds in ejecta from hypervelocity impacts on ice

Physics & Astronomy

• hypervelocity impact 100%
• organic compounds 87%
• ejecta 82%
• ejection 73%
• ice 69%
• anthracene 43%
• carotene 35%
• acids 31%
• plumes 24%
• molecular weight 22%
• hypervelocity projectiles 20%
• molecules 18%
• planetary surfaces 18%
• aerospace sciences 16%
• gradients 15%
• chemical analysis 13%
• organic materials 13%
• solar system 12%
• spacecraft 10%
• sampling 9%
• steels 8%
• carbon 7%
• water 6%
• atoms 5%
• energy 3%

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• ejecta 84%
• organic compound 63%
• ice 48%
• material 28%
• acid 19%
• plume 16%
• planetary surface 13%
• chemical structure 11%
• solar system 10%
• chemical analysis 9%
• chemical process 9%
• spacecraft 9%
• steel 7%
• science 6%
• detection 5%
• sampling 5%
• carbon 5%
• chemical 5%
• energy 4%
• water 3%

Agriculture & Biology

• organic compounds 77%
• ice 71%
• anthracenes 38%
• stearic acid 31%
• beta-carotene 19%
• molecular weight 12%
• aircraft 11%
• dimethyl sulfoxide 10%
• chemical analysis 10%
• uncertainty 10%
• chemical structure 9%
• steel 9%
• sampling 7%
• carbon 6%
• energy 6%
• water 4%