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Relative abundances for molecules observed by radio astronomical techniques have been determined for several interstellar regions with differing physical properties.
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Irvine, W.M., Hjalmarson, Å. The chemical composition of interstellar molecular clouds. Origins Life Evol Biosphere 14, 15–23 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00933635
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