A PROGRAM TO ESTABLISH THE AFOSR PROGRAM FOR SPACE CHEMISTRY.
Abstract
The AFOSR Program in Space Chemistry at UCLA consists of the investigation of chemical phenomena under the conditions of outer and inner space together with peripheral but pertinent and germane activities. The primary areas studied were high pressure chemistry corresponding to the interior of the earth and other planets; high temperature chemistry corresponding to the matter in the surface of the sun or on the hotter planets; radiation chemistry - the chemical effects of ionizing radiation on matter and high vacuum chemistry; and the chemical effects of high vacuum as it exists in space, mainly the chemistry of clean surfaces. In addition, research was continued in the following areas: tritium in natural waters and the possibility of solar production of tritium and terrestrial accretion from the solar wind; electron tunneling emphasizing the importance of the electronic Franck-Condon principle in electron transfer reactions; an intensive study of hemoglobin for the nature of the long range interaction well known to exist between the hemes; development of an organic chemical pi electron theory for metals like tin which exist in both metallic and non-metallic states. Brief summaries are given of these projects, and a list of resultant publications is included.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Dec 30, 1966
- Accession Number
- AD0655108
Entities
People
- Willard F. Libby
Organizations
- University of California, Los Angeles