Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 4
Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Cosmic analogs subcategories
Aggregates
Circumstellar shells
Origin
Produced in the Condensation Flow Apparatus at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.
Main constituent
75% MgSiO, 25% MgO no hydrogen in the condensing vapor.
Practical significance
For experiments intended to mimic the formation of circumstellar dust.
Particle size
Modal grain sizes: 50 nm, 30-50 nm
Aggregate/cluster sizes: about 650 nm, 150-400nm
Imaging
TEM
SEM/TEM images:
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Color
Light brown, light-brown magnesiosilica indicative of amorphous MgSiO with a high amount of silica grains; Mg/Si=1.3
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Refractive index
Real part 1.6.
Angle range (deg)
[5,174]
Reference/s