DOCUMENTATION_FORMAT: VOLATILE
SAMPLE_ID: Butane
MATERIAL_TYPE: Alkane Derivative
MATERIAL: Butane
FORMULA: C4H10
FORMULA_HTML: C4H10
COLLECTION_LOCALITY: Purchased Ronson Multifill Ultra Butane.
COLLECTION_LATITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (N or S)
COLLECTION_LONGITUDE: Not Available # degrees and decimal minutes (W or E)
DATUM: Not Available # coordinate datum
ORIGINAL_DONOR:
CURRENT_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Spectroscopy Lab, Denver, CO
ULTIMATE_SAMPLE_LOCATION: USGS Spectroscpy Lab, Denver, CO
SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION:
Sample is a gas near room temperature
Other Names: BUTANE; n-Butane; Diethyl; Butyl hydride; Butane, pure; Methylethylmethane; Butanen; Butani
CAS #:106-97-8
Sample was taken from a Ronson Multifill bottle produced by CamCo Manufacturing.
Ronson Corporation (Woodbridge NJ).
Spectrum was published in:
Clark, R.N., Curchin, J.M., Hoefen, T.M., and Swayze, G.A., 2009,
Reflectance spectroscopy of organic compounds I: Alkanes:
Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, p. E03001,
doi:10.1029/2008JE003150.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2008JE003150.shtml
it is consistent in the alkane series.
IMAGE_OF_SAMPLE: Not Available
END_SAMPLE_DESCRIPTION.
XRD_ANALYSIS:
END_XRD_ANALYSIS.
COMPOSITIONAL_ANALYSIS_TYPE: Not specified.
COMPOSITION_TRACE: None
COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION:
END_COMPOSITION_DISCUSSION.
MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION:
END_MICROSCOPIC_EXAMINATION.
SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION:
Spectrum was published in:
Clark, R.N., Curchin, J.M., Hoefen, T.M., and Swayze, G.A., 2009,
Reflectance spectroscopy of organic compounds I: Alkanes:
Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, p. E03001,
doi:10.1029/2008JE003150.
http://www.agu.org/pubs/crossref/2009/2008JE003150.shtml
it is consistent in the alkane series.
At 0.86 microns, the aluminum substrate shows throught the sample.
END_SPECTROSCOPIC_DISCUSSION.
SPECTRAL_PURITY: 1b2a3a4_ # 1= 0.2-3, 2= 1.5-6, 3= 6-25, 4= 20-150 microns