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Table 2

Characterization of all bands identified in the pristine ice spectrum of the simulated Enceladus surface at 20 K.

Position Molecule Vibrational mode
cm-1 μm

3702 2.70 CO2 comb (ν2 + ν3)
3648 2.74 H2O dangling bonds
3380 2.96 NH3 NH stretch
3298 3.03 H2O* OH stretch
3008 3.32 CH4 CH stretch
2835 3.53 CH3OH CH stretch
2342 4.27 CO2 C=O stretch
2278 4.39 13CO2 C=O stretch
1643 6.09 H2O OH bend
1479 6.76 CH3OH CH3 deformation
1304 7.67 CH4 CH deformation
1124 8.90 NH3 NH umbrella
1017 9.83 CH3OH CO stretch
800 12.5 H2O libration

Notes.

(*)

H2O is the dominant, but not the only, molecule in this band.

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