Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 7

Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Aggregates
Circumstellar shells
Origin

produced in the Condensation Flow Apparatus at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Main constituent
AlO
Practical significance

for experiments intended to mimic the formation of circumstellar dust

Particle size

modal grain sizes: 50 nm
aggregate/cluster sizes: micron-sized

Particle shape

extremelly high fluffiness

All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index

real part 1.7

Color
white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
Asterisks: 632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,174]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper

Volten H., Muñoz O., Hovenier JW, Rietmeijer FJM, Nuth JA, Waters LBFM, Van der Zande WJ. Experimental light scattering by fluffy aggregates of magnesiosilica, ferrosilica, and alumina cosmic dust analogs. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470, 377-386, 2007