Abstract
New and updated chemical kinetic data, elemental abundances, and thermodynamic
data are used for thermochemical equilibrium and, where relevant,
thermochemical kinetic calculations of gas abundances and condensate
stability in the hot, deep atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn, Over
2000 compounds of all naturally occurring elements in the periodic
table are considered. The calculations range from 298 to 2000 K and
are done for adiabatic models of the two planetary atmospheres. The
results predict the abundances of many gases which are potentially
observable by the Galileo probe to Jupiter, by the Cassini mission
to Saturn, and by Earth-based and Earth-orbital telescopes. In addition,
the results also predict many new species which are potentially observable
by a new generation of entry probes capable of penetrating deeper
into the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. (C) 1994 Academic Press,
Inc.
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