Infrared and mass spectral studies of proton irradiated H 2O + CO 2 ice: Evidence for carbonic acid
Abstract
The effects of proton irradiation on mixed H 2O + CO 2 (1:1) ices at 20 K were investigated by infrared and mass spectroscopy. Infrared bands due to several radical (HCO, CO 3) and molecular (CO) product species were identified. In addition, several new broad and complex i.r. features were observed. On slow warming, the broad features evolved into a 215-250 K residual film whose absorptions have been tentatively assigned to carbonic acid. This identification agrees with the spectral data for irradiated H 2O + 13CO 2 ice and the results of an approximate normal coordinate analysis.
- Publication:
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Spectrochimica Acta Part A: Molecular Spectroscopy
- Pub Date:
- 1991
- DOI:
- 10.1016/0584-8539(91)80097-3
- Bibcode:
- 1991AcSpA..47..255M