Depletion of gaseous CO in protoplanetary disks by surface-energy-regulated ice formation - Nature.com

A model of CO ice formation in protoplanetary disks shows that surface energy effects, such as the Kelvin effect, in ice nucleation and condensation must be considered to reproduce the observed distribution, abundances and evolution of gaseous CO.

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