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Table 4

Relevant column density ratios used for the discussion.

Molecular ratio M 83 NGC 253 M 82 M 51 NGC 1068 NGC 7469 Arp 220 Mrk 231

HNCO/C18O 4.3 × 10-3 4.3 × 10-3 1.0 × 10-3 ≤ 1.3 × 10-3 2.5 × 10-3 ≤ 9.4 × 10-3 2.9 × 10-3 ≤ 6.1 × 10-3
CH3OH/C18O 1.7 × 10-2 2.5 × 10-2 7.9 × 10-3 7.5 × 10-3 1.9 × 10-2 ≤ 2.8 × 10-2 9.0 × 10-3 ≤ 5.3 × 10-2
SiO/C18O 2.2 × 10-4 6.1 × 10-4 1.7 × 10-4 ≤ 5.0 × 10-5 5.3 × 10-3 ≤ 2.3 × 10-3 1.1 × 10-3 ≤ 3.5 × 10-3
CH3CN/C18O 3.1 × 10-4 6.5 × 10-4 1.8 × 10-4 ≤ 1.8 × 10-3 7.8 × 10-4 ≤ 2.6 × 10-3 1.5 × 10-3 ≤ 1.8 × 10-3
CH3CCH/C18O 8.5 × 10-3 1.0 × 10-2 4.4 × 10-2 ≤ 1.0 × 10-2 ≤ 4.4 × 10-3 ≤ 5.8 × 10-2 6.0 × 10-3 ≤ 8.2 × 10-2
SO/C18O 1.8 × 10-3 3.3 × 10-3 3.0 × 10-3 2.1 × 10-3 1.7 × 10-3 ≤ 1.1 × 10-2 ≤ 7.1 × 10-4 ≤ 1.0 × 10-2
c-C3H2/C18O ≤ 3.4 × 10-1 2.0 × 10-3 5.1 × 10-3 ≤ 3.3 × 10-1 ≤ 2.1 × 10-1 ≤ 6.1 × 10-1 ≤ 7.1 × 10-2 ≤ 1.1 × 10-2
HCO/C18O ≤ 4.5 × 10-4 1.2 × 10-3 2.0 × 10-3 ≤ 1.3 × 10-3 2.0 × 10-3 ≤ 1.1 × 10-2 ≤ 9.2 × 10-4 ≤ 1.6 × 10-2
C2H/C18O 4.5 × 10-2 5.5 × 10-2 1.4 × 10-1 3.1 × 10-2 8.5 × 10-2 1.6 × 10-1 3.5 × 10-2 6.9 × 10-2
N2H+/C18O 5.9 × 10-4 7.8 × 10-4 5.1 × 10-4 7.9 × 10-4 2.5 × 10-3 ≤ 1.3 × 10-3 9.5 × 10-4 ≤ 1.1 × 10-3
HNC/C18O 2.8 × 10-3 3.5 × 10-3 4.4 × 10-3 2.6 × 10-3 5.4 × 10-3 6.6 × 10-3 5.2 × 10-3 5.1 × 10-3
HCN/C18O 7.8 × 10-3 7.5 × 10-3 1.1 × 10-2 8.6 × 10-3 1.9 × 10-2 1.6 × 10-2 7.4 × 10-3 1.7 × 10-2
CN/C18O 2.9 × 10-2 3.4 × 10-2 3.9 × 10-2 2.5 × 10-2 5.3 × 10-2 7.2 × 10-2 9.8 × 10-3 3.7 × 10-2
HCN/HCO+ 1.9 2.0 1.1 3.4 2.7 1.4 4.1 2.6
CN/HCN 3.8 4.5 3.5 2.9 2.8 4.4 1.3 2.1
HCN/CS 1.5 0.9 1.2 2.5 3.2 1.3 1.4 2.4

Notes. The errors of the ratios range in general between 2% and 63% and have an average value of 14%. Exceptions to these values are the ratios involving HNCO and CH3CN in M 82, as their column densities have large errors associated.

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