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Gas Tholin From N2:C2H4 (1:0.0003) at 297 K

Description
Sample Type Gas Tholin
Components N2:C2H4
Ratio 1:0.0003
Substrate SiO2
Reference Temperature 297 K
Wavenumber (cm⁻¹) 4000 - 50000
Wavelength (µm) 0.2 - 2.5

Titan gas tholin sample produced from nitrogen:ethylene (N2:C2H4 with a 1:3.0E-4 ratio) gas precursors by UV photolysis at 297 K temperature and ~700 Torr pressure at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, USA.

Tholin sample deposited on quartz (SiO2) substrate. Film thickness of 40-50 nm.

The real (n) and imaginary (k) parts of the complex index of refraction were determined from optical measurements done at room temperature, by reflection and transmission spectroscopy from 0.2 to 2.5 µm.

The accuracy of k is estimated at ±10% at 0.4 µm and ±75% at 0.8 µm.

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

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n,k,All

References

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

Tran, B. N., Joseph, J. C., Ferris, J. P., Persans, P. D. and Chera, J. J. (2003) 'Simulation of Titan haze formation using a photochemical flow reactor: The optical constants of the polymer', Icarus, 165, pp. 379-390.

doi:10.1016/S0019-1035(03)00209-4

n/k Values