In database:

600-6500 cm-1

13.8-200 nm

Ethane (CH₃CH₃)
Molecular weight 30.07 amu
Freezing point -183.2 C
Boiling point -88.6 C
HITRAN number: 27

Infrared cross-sections from PNNL
FTIR infrared cross-sections from 600 to 6500 cm^-1
Data available at 5 C, 25 C, and 50 C
Spectra is composite of on the order of 10 different pressures,backfilled with nitrogen to 760 T.
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. wavenumbers
Images of PNNL data in cm²/molecule vs. microns


Line list from HITRAN 2008
Data from 706 to 3001 cm^-1
Images of HITRAN data on a log scale

Line list from HITRAN
Data from 720 to 3000 cm^-1.
Images of HITRAN data in cm/molecule vs. wavenumbers

UV cross-sections
From Dave Crisp
Image of UV data, .09-.2 microns

Please see The MPI-Mainz UV/VIS Spectral Atlas

Additional references

Temperature-Dependent Photoabsorption Cross Sections in the VUV-UV Region. I. Methane and Ethane; F.Z. Chen and C.Y.R. Wu; JQSRT (as of Oct. in press, corrected).
Figures showing data from 120 to 145 nm.

Torsional Line Splittings in the (n₄+n₈)-n₄ Hot Transitions of C₂H₆ between 1400 and 1510 cm^-1; F. Lattanzi et al.; J.Mol.Spec. 216:308-314 (2002).

A Combined Frequency Analysis of the n₃,n₉, 3 n₄ and the Far-Infrared Bands of Ethane: A Reassessment of the Torsional Parameters for the Ground Vibrational State; N. Moazzen-Ahmadi; J.Mol.Spec 214:144-151 (2002).
Figure 1 showing data from 993 to 995 cm^-1.

The High-Resolution Far-Infrared Torsional Spectrum of Ethane; N. Moazzen-Ahmadi, E. Kelly, J. Schroderus and V.M. Hornemean; J.Mol.Spec, 209:228-232 (2001).

Notes
Fundamental frequencies from NIST Chemistry Webbook
n₁ 2954 cm^-1 (a_1g) CH₃ stretch
n₂ 1388 cm^-1 (a_1g) CH₃ deform
n₃ 995 cm^-1 (a_1g) CC stretch
n₄ 289 cm^-1 (a_1g) Torsion
n₅ 2896 cm^-1 (a_2g) CH₃ stretch
n₆ 1379 cm^-1 (a_2g) CH₃ deform
n₇ 2969 cm^-1 (e_g) CH₃ stretch
n₈ 1468 cm^-1 (e_g) CH₃ deform
n₉ 1190 cm^-1 (e_g) CH₃ rock
n₁₀ 2985 cm^-1 (e_u) CH₃ stretch
n₁₁ 1469 cm^-1 (e_u) CH₃ deform
n₁₂ 822 cm^-1 (e_u) CH₃ rock



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