Three series of laboratory vaporization experiments were conducted at room temperature.
Laser vaporization experiments with graphite in a supersonic cluster beam apparatus indicate that the smallest fullerene to form in substantial abundance is C28.
Three series of laboratory vaporization experiments were conducted to investigate the carbon isotope fractionation of low molecular weight hydrocarbons (LMWHs) during their progressive vaporization.
The third series of vaporization experiments was designed to reveal the effect of diffusion through soil on the vaporization of LMWHs.
Three series of vaporization experiments were designed in which three pure compounds (n-hexane, n-nonane, and n-dodecane) and a mixture of compounds were progressively volatilized in the laboratory.
The second series of vaporization experiments was conducted similar to the first, although instead of the artificial oil mixture, pure compounds were individually studied (n-hexane, n-nonane, or n-dodecane).
To understand better matrix effects on the carbon isotope fractionation of individual LMWHs during vaporization from a mixture, vaporization experiments of three pure compounds (n-hexane, n-nonane, and n-dodecane) were conducted under the same conditions as the assessment of the artificial oil.
Laser pulse vaporization experiments on terrestrial rocks and chondrites by Mukhin et al. (1989) show that the gas products in vapor plumes are composed mainly of oxidized species, such as CO and CO2, with small amounts of reduced species, such as hydrocarbons, HCN, and aldehydes.
