Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Martian dust
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Clay
Origin
commercially available from Argiletz, France
Main constituent
illite, kaolinite, montmorillonite, quartz
Practical significance
clay is believed to occur on different Solar System bodies such as Mars satellites and asteroids. Moreover, it is an important component of mineral aerosols in the Earth atmosphere
Particle size Mie: reff (μm)
2.3
Particle size Mie: veff
1.1
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
1.6
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
1.6
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape
irregular
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
estimated to be in the range [1.5 -1.7] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Color
green powder
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
647
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
647
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M
Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table F
Angle range (deg)
[3,177]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Muñoz O, Moreno F, Guirado D, Ramos JL, Volten H, Hovenier JW. The IAA Cosmic Dust Laboratory: experimental scattering matrices of clay particles. Icarus, vol. 211, pp. 894-900, 2011
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