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Pure H2O (1) Ice at 40 K

Description
Sample Type Ice
Components H2O
Ratio 1
Substrate KBr, ZnSe or CsI
Reference Temperature 40 K
Wavenumber (cm⁻¹) 449.895 - 8999.794
Wavelength (µm) 1.111 - 22.227

Low-density amorphous water (H2O) ice (Ial ice) deposited at 40 K onto a potassium bromide (KBr), zinc selenide (ZnSe) or cesium iodide (CsI) substrate, and held at 40 K during spectroscopic measurements.

The real (n) and imaginary (k) parts of the complex index of refraction were determined using optical measurements done at a temperature of 40 K and a pressure of ~1E-8 mbar, by infrared transmission spectroscopy from 1.1 to 22.1 µm.

More information can be found in the publication and on the OCdb contributor's page.

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References

Any use of this data should recognize the parent publication(s):

Mastrapa, R. M., Sandford, S. A., Roush, T. L., Cruikshank, D. P. and Dalle Ore, C. M. (2009) 'Optical constants of amorphous and crystalline H2O-ice: 2.5-22 µm (4000-455 cm⁻¹), The Astrophysical Journal, 701, pp. 1347-1356.

doi:10.1088/0004-637X/701/2/1347

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