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Table 2.

Band strength (A) of O2 for the different ice compositions.

H2O : O2 Aa (cm molec−1) Mixtureb Ratiob Ab (cm molec−1)
9 : 1 7.6e–21
4 : 1 9.6e–21
3 : 1 1.5e–20
2 : 1 4.8e–20 H2O : CO : CO2 : O2 2 : 2 : 0.5 : 1 1.0e–19
1 : 1 3.9e–20 H2O : CO : O2 1 : 1 : 1 0.7e–19
1 : 2 6.4e–20
1 : 4 1.6e–19
1 : 9 3.2e–19
CO : O2 1 : 1 0.7e–19
CO2 : O2 1 : 1 6.0e–19
CO2 : O2 10 : 1 3.0e–18

Notes.

(a)

The values have been averaged for the analysis of different ice thicknesses.

(b)

Comparison with band strength as derived by Ehrenfreund et al. (1992). H2O to O2 ratios with equal values to those used in our work have been aligned to facilitate comparison.

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