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ammonium hydrosulfide
chemical compound
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composition of Jovian clouds
- In Jupiter: Cloud composition
…they probably consist of condensed ammonium hydrosulfide and that their colour may be caused by other ammonia-sulfur compounds such as ammonium polysulfides. Sulfur compounds are invoked as the likely colouring agents because sulfur is relatively abundant in the cosmos and hydrogen sulfide is notably absent from Jupiter’s atmosphere above the…
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occurrence in Uranus’ atmosphere
- In Uranus: The atmosphere
…to form cloud particles of ammonium hydrosulfide. Voyager’s ultraviolet spectrometer detected traces of acetylene and ethane in very low abundances. These gases are by-products of methane, which dissociates when ultraviolet light from the Sun strikes the upper atmosphere.
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