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Table A.1

Composition of cometary ices used as reference in the pH calculation of Sect. 4.2, based on Rubin et al. (2019).

Species Moles Molality
H2O 100 55.56
CO2 4.7 2.61
HCOOH 0.013 0.0072
CH3COOH 0.0034 0.0019
NH3 0.67 0.3722
HCN 0.14 0.0778
HNCO(*) 0.027 0.015
H2S 1.1 0.6111
OCS(*) 0.041 0.0228
SO2 0.127 0.0706
CS2(*) 0.0057 0.0032
H2CS(*) 0.0027 0.0015
CH3SH(*) 0.038 0.0211
HF 0.011 0.0061
HCl 0.014 0.0078

Notes. Species flagged with an asterisk (*) are absent from the thermodynamic database (thermo.com.V8.R6+), and are therefore not included in the calculations.

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