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Table 2

Summary of radiolytic product absorption band positions identified after the electron irradiation of hydrocarbon-rich ices.

Ice Absorption band position (nm)
C2H4 C6H2 C8H2 C10H2 HC7N HC9N C6N2 C12H2 C14H2 C16H2
CH4 174 230 - - - - - -
CH4:N2 173 227 - - -
CH4:NH3 173 228 290 -

C2H4 174 221 and 230* - - - 287 -
C2H4:N2 170 228 280 -
C2H4:NH3 170 230 - - -

C2H6 175 230 - - - 295 -
C2H6:N2 172 231 285 -
C2H6:NH3 172 225 - - -

C3H8 176 235 - - - 275 290 325
C3H8:N2 176 233 - - -
C3H8:NH3 175 227 - - -

C6H14 176 236 - - - 276 292 327
C6H14:N2 178 236 282 -
C6H14:NH3 177 230 - - -

C8H18 181 230 - - - 280 -
C8H18:N2 178 234 275 291 326
C8H18:NH3 177 232 280 -

Notes. Band positions are colour-coded according to their behaviour during post-irradiative warming of the ice: those written in blue and red, respectively, undergo blueshifting and redshifting upon warming, while those written in black do not vary in their wavelength position within 1 nm during warming. Species that have closely overlapping features and are not separable in our spectra prior to their desorption during warming are grouped into the same columns. Note that these are the observed band positions in our spectra, as opposed to absolute band positions of the specific molecules’ features. Due to overlapping absorption features, the band positions ascribed to the (cyano)polyyne species in this table may be shifted relative to what their positions would be in ices comprised entirely of the respective (cyano)polyyne species. Band identification is tentative. *We observed splitting of this peak in the neat C2H4 experiment after electron irradiation. The splitting vanished after warming. (See Figure 2e).

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