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Table 1

Partition of the elemental abundances in the gas phase and in the grain mantles, as adopted when specifying the initial composition of the gas, prior to its evolution to chemical steady state.

Element Total Volatile Refractory

Gas Mantles(§)
H 1.0 1.0
D 1.60(–5)
He 1.00(–1) 1.00(–1)
C 3.55(–4) 8.27(–5) 5.55(–5) 2.17(–4)
N 7.94(–5) 6.39(–5) 1.55(–5)
15N (†) 2.41(–7) 1.94(–7) 4.70(–8)
O 4.42(–4) 1.24(–4) 1.78(–4) 1.40(–4)
S 1.86(–5) 6.00(–7) 1.82(–5)
Mg 3.70(–5) 3.70(–5)
Si 3.37(–5) 3.37(–5)
Fe 3.23(–5) 1.50(–9) 3.23(–5)

Notes. Numbers in parentheses are powers of 10. Abundances are expressed relative to the hydrogen nuclei density, nH. (§) The initial composition of the mantles can be found in Table 3 of Paper I. (†) The isotopic ratio of bulk nitrogen is the adopted present-day value = 330.

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