Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Lunar dust
Origin
the JSC-1A material was mined from a commercial cinder quarry at Merriam Crater, a volcanic cinder cone located in the San Francisco volcano field near Flagstaff, Arizona. The sample was produced to match the Apollo 14 sample 14163. No chemical processing was performed on the simulant
Main constituent
basaltic ash with a high glass content
Practical significance
Mare lunar regolith simulant.
Particle size Mie: reff (μm)
15.85
Particle size Mie: veff
2.28
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
10.50
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
1.69
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape
irregular
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
1.65 + i0.003 (Goguen et al. 2010)
Color
dark gray
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
520
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Scattering matrix (3) wavelength in nm
647
Scattering matrix (3) plot
Scattering matrix (3) table
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
488
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table F
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
520
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (2) table F
Synthetic scattering matrix (3) wavelength in nm
647
Synthetic scattering matrix (3) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (3) table F
Angle range (deg)
[3,177]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Escobar-Cerezo J, Muñoz O, Moreno F, Guirado, D, Gómez Martín JC, Goguen JD, Garboczi EJ, Chiaramonti AN, Lafarge T, West RA. An Experimental Scattering Matrix for Lunar Regolith Simulant JSC-1A at Visible Wavelengths. The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 235, pp. 19-27, 2018
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