Table 1 Total yield of products grouped for chemical class: ECP elemental prebiotic chemical precursors compounds, amino acids, carboxylic acids, nucleobases, aromatic miscellanea, amines.

From: The role of borosilicate glass in Miller–Urey experiment

Entry

Class

BSRB

TFRB

TFBSR/B*

BSR

TFR

TFBSR*

Yield (µg product/1.0 mg of crude)

1

ECP

122.96

31.29

100.91

129.64

35.46

90.18

2

Amino acids

159.45

27.1

60.53

111.19

51.20

87.41

3

Carboxylic acids

36.65

11.91

26.49

46.3

28.21

80.89

4

Nucleobases

14.01

7.34

5.83

16.3

4.69

14.02

5

Aromatic miscellanea

26.95

7.14

10.86

23.07

48.25

33.58

6

Amines

33.80

33.50

34.79

77.07

78.19

69.06

7

Total amount

393.82

118.28

239.41

403.57

246

375.14

  1. BSRB borosilicate in buffer, TFRB Teflon in buffer, TFBSR/B Teflon in buffer in the presence of pieces of borosilicate, BSR borosilicate without buffer, TFR Teflon without buffer, TFBSR Teflon without buffer in the presence of pieces of borosilicate, ECP elemental prebiotic chemical precursors.
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