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Table 1

IR feature used to calculate the column density of selected ice components.

Molecule Frequency Band strength
(cm-1) (cm molec-1)

C2H5OH 1044 7.3 × 10-18 a
H2O 3280 2.0 × 10-16 b
CH4 1304 6.4 × 10-18 c
CH3OH 1025 1.8 × 10-17 d
H2CO 1720 9.6 × 10-18 e

Notes. Frequencies and band strengths for pure ices at 10 K, except for C2H5OH (see text).

(b)

from Hagen (1981);

(c)

from d’Hendecourt & Allamandola (1986). The same value was used as an approximation for the experiments with 13CH4;

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