Rutile
Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Circumstellar shells
Lunar dust
Origin
Provided by Kemira Pigments Oy, Pori, Finland
Main constituent
Titanium oxide, TiO2
Practical significance
Rutile dust particles are thought to be the most likely nucleation seeds in oxygen-rich circumstellar shells (Jeong et al. 1999, 2003). In addition, rutile is an accessory component of the lunar regolith (Frondel 1975).
Particle size
Distributions measured with turbidity spectrum method:
reff=0.13 μm, veff=0.5
Imaging
TEM
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Color
Dark red
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Refractive index
Estimated to be in the range 3.0 + i[0.01-0.1]
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Reference/s