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Substance: butyronitrile 				Other Names: butanenitrile; propyl cyanide

Formula: C4H7N						CAS-No.: 109-74-0	PubChem: CID 8008

Study: UV absorption spectra


Authors: B. Sivaraman, S. Pavithraa, J.-I. Lo, B.N. Raja Sekhar, H. Hill, B.-M. Cheng, N.J. Mason

Title: Vacuum ultraviolet photoabsorption spectra of nitrile ices for their identification on Pluto

Journal/Source: Astrophys. J., 825, 141, (2016); http://dx.doi.org/10.3847/0004-637X/825/2/141


Data: table, diagram

Energy/Wavelength range: 110 - 180 nm

Resolution: 

Temperature: 10 - 130 K

Temperature dependence: yes

Pressure/Concentration: 

Phase: condensed phase (pure ice)

pH:


Comments: Between 110 and 145 nm, butyronitrile showed one broad absorption band with a peak at 119 nm and with a shoulder at 132 nm. A second absorption band was 
observed in the region 145-170 nm.