Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Comets
Origin
crushed piece of olivine from a Norwegian dunite rock
Main constituent
forsterite (Mg-rich olivine): Mg1.85Fe0.14SiO4
Practical significance
cometary dust analog
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
2.6
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
5.0
Particle size
irregular
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
1.62 + i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995)
Color
white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
442
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
633
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Muñoz O, Volten H, de Haan JF, Vassen W, Hovenier JW. Experimental determination of scattering matrices of olivine and Allende meteorite particles. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 360, pp. 777-788, 2000
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