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Fig. 9

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Cumulative distribution functions display [NH2D]/[NH3] ratios for thesubsamples in Table 8. The distribution of 70 μm-weak sources is marked as a solid red line, the MIR-weak clumps are shown as a dashed blue curve, the MIR-bright phase as a dotted green line, and the compact HII regions as a dashed-dotted black curve. A deuterium fraction of NH3 > 1 might result from passing through several dense and cold phases (see Sect. 4.2). A systematic error of the NH3 deuteration is given by the difference between the NH3 and NH2D excitation temperature.

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