Astronomy and Astrophysics – Astronomy
Scientific paper
Jan 2009
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2009apj...690..486m&link_type=abstract
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 690, Issue 1, pp. 486-495 (2009).
Astronomy and Astrophysics
Astronomy
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Ices of mixtures of carbon dioxide and methanol have been studied in a range of temperatures relevant for star-forming regions, comets, polar caps of planets and satellites, and other solar system bodies. We have performed temperature-programmed desorption measurements and recorded IR spectra of various types of samples. The presence of two slightly different structures of CO2 is manifest. A distorted CO2 structure is characterized by bandshifts between 5 cm-1 (ν3) and 10 cm-1 (ν2) with respect to normal CO2. If the samples are heated above 130 K, the distorted CO2 sublimates and only the normal structure remains. The latter can stay trapped until the sublimation of crystalline methanol (150 K). The desorption energy (E d ~ 20 kJ mol-1) of CO2 from methanol ice, and the specific adsorption surface area (6 m2 g-1) of amorphous CH3OH ice, have been determined. CO2 does not penetrate into crystalline ice. Whereas the desorption energy is similar to that of CO2/H2O samples, the specific surface of methanol is much smaller than that of amorphous solid water (ASW). The interaction of CO2 molecules with water and methanol is similar but ices of CH3OH are much less porous than ASW. The inclusion of CO2 into previously formed ices containing these two species would take place preferentially into ASW. However, in processes of simultaneous deposition, methanol ice can admit a larger amount of CO2 than water ice. CO2/CH3OH ices formed by simultaneous deposition admit two orders of magnitude more CO2 than sequentially deposited ices. These findings can have direct relevance to the interpretation of observations from protostellar environments (e.g., RAFGL7009S) and comet nuclei.
Escribano Rafael
Gálvez Óscar
Herrero Víctor J.
Maté Belén
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