We can roughly fit data all of the available data for each molecular ice as
function of velocity, v,  at a given angle of incidence and at low temperature, using

                                Y = 1/[ 1/YH + 1/YL ]

     YH  is the  High velocity  fit and YL  is the  Low velocity fit,

     with           Y = Z^m * C1 * [(V/Vau)/Z^(1/3)]^C2

     The values of m, C1, C2 are given for each material for velocity in atomic
units (Vau = 2.19 x 10^8 cm/s).  The standard deviation includes all of the available
sputtering data, but the fit is not  good for protons.

     Except for low velocity heavy ions, C1 is found to vary, roughly as
(cos (theta))^-1.6,  where theta is the angle of incidence.
 
Solid  T(K) Angle  m  C1_High* C2_High  dev* C1_Low* C2_Low  dev










 H2O   <100  0 deg  2.8       11.22     -2.24    0.07       4.20       2.16  0.24










  H2O  <100     45  2.8         no        no     x      22.99       2.08  0.25










  CO  <100     45  2.8     479.62     -2.62   0.10      19.62       1.08  0.04










  N2  <100       0  2.8       26.26     -1.87   0.11      51.75       3.19  0.07










   O2  <100       0  2.8      209.22     -2.24   0.23      53.94       1.86  0.03










  SO2  <100       0  2.8      122.38     -3.11    0.18        6.94       1.75  0.15

* High : high energy,    Low : low energy,   dev : standard deviation
   no -- no data available

Graph  of  Fit  to  H2O  Data

Graph  of  Fit  to  CO  Data