Constituent Methanol ice | SSHADE

Constituent

Name: Methanol ice
Official name: amorphous Methanol

Family: molecular solid
Class: hydrogen bonded molecular solid
Compound type: organic molecular solid
Comments: Possible small contamination of minor residual gases (H2O)

Constituent abundance in material

Relevance: main - major
Arrangement: single phase
Mass fraction: 0.64 $\pm$ 0.01
Mole fraction: 0.5 $\pm$ 0.01

Chemical composition

Formula: CH3OH
Chemical formula: CH3OH
Elemental formula: C H4 O
Isotope mixture type: terrestrial abundance

	Formula	Name	Family	Number min-max	Mole fraction	Isotope mole fraction	State	Relevance
	$CH_3OH$	Methanol	molecule	1	1.0	1	pure	main

Chemical functions and bonds

Chemical functions

	Function	Number	Relevance
	$R-OH$	1	main

Chemical bonds

	Bond	Number	Relevance
	$-O \dots H-$	1
	$\geq C-H$	3	main
	$\geq C-O-$	1	main
	$-O-H$	1	main

Class: molecular solids with hydrogen bonded molecules (03)
Type: homomolecular H-bonded solids (03.01)

Phase name: amorphous $CH_3OH$
Phase type: amorphous

Crystallography

Crystal system: amorphous

Physical properties

Molar mass: 32.0412 $g/mol$
Density: 0.635 @ 20K - 0.725 @80K $g/cm^3$

Optical properties

Refringence type: isotropic
Diaphaneity: transparent to translucent
Luster: vitreous