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 table
Particle shape
Irregular
SEM/TEM images:
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 (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