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There are several types of electric discharge, which have been studied mainly with the reactions in gaseous phase and under relatively low pressure. Such discharges are certainly an interesting problem relevant to the field of chemical evolution. Past work has shown that electric discharges carried out under reducing atmospheres yielded several amino acids, both those common to protein and others (Miller, 1953, 1955; Fox and Dose, 1977). Electric discharge has been used in chemical evolution because it is considered to be a model of lightning in the atmosphere on the primitive Earth. Among other energy sources (ultraviolet rays, γ-rays, charged ionizing radiations, heat and shock waves, etc.) available on the primitive Earth, electric discharge is chemically effective and can easily be reproduced in the laboratory for model experiments on the prebiotic formation of bioorganic compounds.
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Harada, K. (1984). Formation of Bioorganic Compounds in Aqueous Solution Induced by Contact Glow Discharge Electrolysis. In: Matsuno, K., Dose, K., Harada, K., Rohlfing, D.L. (eds) Molecular Evolution and Protobiology. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-4640-1_8
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