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Title:		Search for organic and volatile inorganic compounds in two surface samples from the chryse planitia region of Mars
Author(s):		Biemann K; Oro J; Toulmin P; Orgel LE; Nier AO; Anderson DM; Simmonds PG; Flory D; Diaz AV; Rushneck DR; Biller JA;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1976
Volume:		194
Issue:		4260
Page Number:		72 - 76
DOI:		10.1126/science.194.4260.72
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Two surface samples collected from the Chryse Planitia region of Mars were heated to temperatures up to 500 degrees C, and the volatiles that they evolved were analyzed with a gas chromatograph-mass spectrometer. Only water and carbon dioxide were detected. This implies that organic compounds have not accumulated to the extent that individual components could be detected at levels of a few parts in 10(9) by weight in our samples. Proposed mechanisms for the accumulation and destruction of organic compounds are discussed in the light of this limit"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEBiemann, K Oro, J Toulmin, P 3rd Orgel, L E Nier, A O Anderson, D M Simmonds, P G Flory, D Diaz, A V Rushneck, D R Biller, J A eng 1976/10/01 Science. 1976 Oct 1; 194(4260):72-6. doi: 10.1126/science.194.4260.72"