Quartz
Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Origin
Commercial sample, Sigma coatings, Holland
Main constituent
Quartz
Practical significance
Interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
2.3
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
2.3
Size distribution plot:
Size distribution table
Particle shape
Irregular
Imaging
SEM
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Color
White
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.60 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (2) table
Scattering matrix (2) plot:
Refractive index
1.54+i0 (Klein C, & Hurbulst Jr. Manual of Mineralogy. New York: Wiley, 1993)
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Reference/s