Quartz

Practical significance

Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells

Origin

Commercial sample, Sigma coatings, Holland

Main constituent
Quartz
Color
White
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
2.3
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.3
Size distribution plot:
Size Distribution Quartz
Size distribution table
Particle shape

Irregular

SEM/TEM images:
Quartz SEM Image 1
Quartz SEM Image 2
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.60 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering Matrix elements Quartz - 442nm
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (2) table
Scattering matrix (2) plot:
Scattering Matrix elements Quartz - 633nm
Refractive index

1.54+i0 (Klein C, & Hurbulst Jr. Manual of Mineralogy. New York: Wiley, 1993)

Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Reference/s