O r g a n i c s

state material data range (micron) reference (and link)
. (CH)n sp. . Nielsen, Wollett (1957) J. Chem. Phys. 26, 1391
. black polyethylene transm. infrared Plyler, Blaine (1960) J. Res. Natl. Bur. Std. 64C, 55
. polyoxymethylene . infrared Tadokoro et al. (1963) J. Chem. Phys. 38, 703
. black polyethylene . mm Bastin et al. (1964) Proc. Roy. Soc. Lond. 278A, 543
. (CH)n sp. infrared Zbinden (1964) Infrared Spectroscopy of High Polymers, Acad. Press, NY
. black polyethylene n,k [fig] 4 - 50 Bell, Goldman (1967) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57, 1552.
. black polyethylene . infrared McCarthy (1967) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 57, 699
. CH4 n vis. Marcoux (1969) J. Opt. Soc. Am. 59, 998
. CH3C3N . infrared Turbino et al. (1969) J. Chem. Phys. 50, 621
cryst. CH4 abs. . Chapados, Cabana (1972) Can. J. Phys. 50, 3521 (?)
. polyetylene n (T) [fig] 50 - 200 Alvarez et al. (1975) Infr. Phys. 15, 45
. polyoxymethylene n,k [fig] 7.5 - 12.5 Cooke (1976) Astrophys. Sp. Sci. 39, L13
cryst. polyoxymethylene n,k [fig, appr] 0.4 - 14 Whittet et al. (1976) Mon. Not. Roy. Astron. Soc. 175, 197.
. CH4
C2H6
photoel.abs. . Dick, Fink (1977) J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transf. 18, 433
. polystyrene n,k; e1,2 [fig] 0.15 - 2 Inagaki et al. (1977) Phys. Rev. B15, 3243
. CH4 bands 0.435 - 1.06 Giver (1978) J. Quant. Spectr. Rad. Transf. 19, 311
. CH4 sp. vis. - near-IR Benner (1979) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Ariz.
cryst. CH4 n,k infrared Roux et al. (1979) Tech. Rep. Arnold Air Force Stat. AEDC-TR-79-81
. CH4 abs., refl. IR Fink, Sill (1982) in Wilkening L.L. (ed) Comets. Univ. Ariz. Press, p.164
amor. tholin n,k [tab] 0.02 - 920 Khare et al. (1984) Icarus 60, 127.
irrad. C6H6 transm. [fig] 2.5 - 17 Strazzulla et al. (1984) Astron. Astrophys. 133, 77.
. organic refractory n,k 0.1 - 1 Chlewicki (1985) Ph.D. thesis, Leiden Univ
. org.refractory residue abs. UV - visual IJzendoorn (1985) Ph.D. thesis, Leiden Univ
. CH4,   CH3OH,   CH3CN,
C5H12,   C6H14,   C6H12,
C7H14,   C8H17O,
C4H2O2,   C2H3ON
abs. [fig] 2.5 - 20 d'Hendecourt, Allamandola (1986) Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. 64, 453.
. organics . . Thompson et al. (1987) J. Geophys. Res. 92, 14933
. organic refractory n,k 0.1 - 2 Chlewicki, Laureijs (1988) Astron. Astrophys. 207, L11
cryst. C2H2
C4H2
n,k infrared Khanna et al. (1988) Icarus 74, 527
. organic residue abs. [fig] 2.5 - 25 Wdowiak et al. (1988) Astrophys. J. 328, L75.
. hydrocarbons refl. . Cloutis (1989) Science 245, 165
. organic residue sp. IR Khare et al. (1989) Icarus 79, 350
. organic residue . infrared Cronin, Pzzarello (1990) Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 54, 2859
. C2H2 sp. IR Dunder, Miller (1990) J. Chem. Phys. 93, 3693
. CH4 n,k . Khare et al. (1990) NASA Conf. Publ. 3077, 327
. C2H6 n 0.4 - 2.5 Khare et al. (1990) Bull.Am. Astron. Soc. 22, 1033
. polyethylene nk [t+f] (c!) 0.001 - 1862 Ashok et al. (1991) in Palik E. (ed) Handbook of Optical Constants of Solids, II. Acad. Press., p.957.
cryst. C2H6 n,k [t+f] 1.6 - 1.9; 6.8 - 12.3 Pearl et al. (1991) J. Geophys. Res. 96, 17477.
cryst. CH4 n,k (T) [t+f] 1.1 - 1.8; 2.2 - 7.7 Pearl et al. (1991) J. Geophys. Res. 96, 17477.
. CH4 sp. IR Calvani et al. (1992) J. Chem. Phys. 96, 7372
. CH4 sp. IR Schmitt et al. (1992) ESA Sp. Publ. SP-338, 383
. CH4 n,k (T) [tab] 10 - 27 Hudgins et al. (1993) Astrophys. J. Suppl. 86, 713.
. CH3OH n,k (T) [tab] 2.5 - 200 Hudgins et al. (1993) Astrophys. J. Suppl. 86, 713.
. org.refractory residue n,k (t) [tab] 0.09 - 1.6 Jenniskens (1993) Astron. Astrophys. 274, 653.
. tholin n,k [tab] 0.06 - 40 Khare et al. (1993) Icarus 103, 290.
irrad. CH3OH opt.depth [fig] 2 - 25 Palumbo, Strazzulla (1993) Astron. Astrophys. 269, 568.
. organics nk [fig] (c!) 0.1 - 105 Pollack et al. (1994) Astrophys. J. 421, 615
amor. CH4 nk [fig] 1.7 - 11 Trotta, Schmitt (1994) AIP Conf. Ser. 312, 759.
. EURECA samples abs. [fig] 2.5 - 16 Greenberg et al. (1995) Astrophys. J. 455, L177.
. CH4 abs.c. (T) [fig] 0.7 - 2.2 Grundy (1995) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Arizona
beta CH3CN nk (T) [tab] 12.7 - 125 Dello Russo, Khanna (1996) Icarus 123, 366.
cryst. CH3CH2CN nk (T) [tab] 12.7 - 133 Dello Russo, Khanna (1996) Icarus 123, 366.
cryst. CH3CHCN nk (T) [tab] 14.3 - 114 Dello Russo, Khanna (1996) Icarus 123, 366.
cryst. CH3C3N nk (T) [tab] 19.6 - 125 Dello Russo, Khanna (1996) Icarus 123, 366.
irrad. CH4
CH3OH
abs. (t) [fig] 2.4 - 16.7 Gerakines et al. (1996) Astron. Astrophys. 312, 289.
. organic refractory n,k [fig] 0.01 - 1000 Greenberg, Li (1996) Astron. Astrophys. 309, 258.
. tholin abs. [fig] 0.2 - 0.4, 2.5 - 20 McDonald et al. (1996) Icarus 122, 107.
. CH4 . IR Trotta (1996) Ph.D. thesis, Univ. Grenoble
. CH4 transm. [fig] 7.7 band Boogert et al. (1997) Astron. Astrophys. 317, 929.
cryst. CH4
C2H6
abs.c. [f+t] 1.1 - 2.6 Quirico, Schmitt (1997) Icarus 127, 354.
cryst. C2H4 abs.c. (T) [t+f] 1.1 - 2.6 Quirico, Schmitt (1997) Icarus 127, 354.
. solid bitumes refl. [fig] 0.5 - 16 Moroz et al. (1998) Icarus 134, 253.
. CH4 opt.depth [fig] 3.3, 7.7 bands Mulas et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. 333, 1025.
irrad. CH4 opt.depth (dose) [fig] 3.3, 7.7 bands Mulas et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. 333, 1025.
irrad. CH3OH opt.depth (dose) [fig] 7.7 band Mulas et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. 333, 1025.
irrad. CH3OH opt.depth [fig] 4.3, 15.1 bands Palumbo et al. (1998) Astron. Astrophys. 334, 247.
. organic polymer e 0.23-40.5 Postava et al. (2001) Opt. Express 9, 141
Notes:
state: amor. - amorphous, cryst. - crystalline, irrad. - irradiated.
data: n,k - refractive index, refl. - reflectance, transm. - transmittance; (T) - dependence on temperature; [appr] - approximation, [fig] - figure, [tab] - table, [t+f] - table and figure, (c!) - compilation.

For mixtures of CH4, CH3OH and other solid organics see the material group Ices.

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