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Laboratory studies pertinent to the chemistry of ices with and without additional ingredients such as organics is critical to our understanding of how solar system icy bodies from comets and Kuiper Belt Objects far away in the outer solar system to the ices on Earth, much closer to the sun. This chapter reviews our present day understanding of the fundamental processes that occur in water-rich ices, containing organic impurities. In particular, the role of radiation – photons, electrons, and ions on the chemical evolution of solar system ices, including the newly discovered photoionization in ices, are reviewed.
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MSG thanks NASA funding through several grants (NASA Planetary Atmospheres, NASA Discovery Data Analysis, NASA Cassini Data Analysis Programs, NASA Astrobiology Institute Nodes “Icy Worlds” and “Titan Prebiotic Chemistry”), JPL’s DRDF and R&TD funding. MSG’s research was carried out at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, under a contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. PDC acknowledges funding through the NASA Astrobiology Institute “Icy Worlds” node and the Jeffress Memorial Trust. We thank Will Grundy for critical reading and for helpful suggestions to improve the manuscript.
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Gudipati, M.S., Cooper, P.D. (2013). Chemistry in Water Ices: From Fundamentals to Planetary Applications. In: Gudipati, M., Castillo-Rogez, J. (eds) The Science of Solar System Ices. Astrophysics and Space Science Library, vol 356. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3076-6_15
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