Cyanamide Formation under Primitive Earth Conditions (original) (raw)
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Science
8 Jan 1965
Vol 147, Issue 3654
pp. 149-150
Abstract
The dimer of cyanamide, dicyandiamide, is formed upon ultraviolet irradiation of dilute cyanide solutions, and by the electron irradiation of a mixture of methane, ammonia, and water. Thus cyanamide may have had an important role in chemical evolution.
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