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Table 2.

CH4 diffusion coefficients on ASW grown at 30 K (M1–M12 and A1–A10) or at 50 K (AA1–AA5), obtained with two different approximations, Fick’s second law or Fick’s first law, as indicated.

Experiment Tiso LASW/LCH4 D(2nd Fick) D(1st Fick)
(K) (nm nm) (10−13 cm2 s−1) (10−13 cm2 s−1)
M1 50 146/19 1.7 1.0
M2 50 228/17 2.7 1.3
M3 50 275/36 3.7 1.6
M4 50 344/16 2.5 2.1
M5 50 410/40 8.1 4.0
M6 50 453/47 10.3 4.0
M7 50 185 1.4 0.9
M8 50 201 1.8 0.6
M9 50 212 1.8 0.8
M10 55 567 26.9
M11 55 487/37 15.4
M12 60 469 44.9

A1 50 333 9
A2 50 333 1.2
A3 50 476 6.96
A4 50 520 6
A5 50 827 30
A6 50 913 39
A7 50 1026 57
A8 50 1033 42
A9 50 223/169 1.56
A10 50 378/33 5.38
LCH4/LASW

AA1 42.5 335/951 0.226
AA2 45 355/946 1.03
AA3 47.5 353/930 0.929
AA4 50 358/945 3.62
AA5 52.5 356/953 4.23

Notes. When only one thickness appears in column three, it corresponds to the ASW ice thickness in co-deposited ices, estimated as if no CH4 were present.

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