Enstatite

Categories

MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS

Summary: AEROSOLS

Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories

Comets

Origin

IAA-CODULAB collection

Main constituent

olivine (Mg0.85Fe0.08Si0.99O3)

Practical significance

cometary dust analog

Particle size Mie: reff (μm)

3.71

Particle size Mie: veff

3.14

Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)

1.67

Particle size Fraunhofer: veff

3.53

Size distribution plot

Size distribution table

size_enstatite.txt

Particle shape

irregular

SEM : View images

View images

All SEM images (zip file)

sem_enstatite.zip

Refractive index

1.58 + i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995)

Color

white

Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm

520

Scattering matrix (1) plot

Scattering matrix (1) table

matrix_enstatite_520nm.txt

Synthetic scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm

520

Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table M

extra_enstatite_520nm_M.txt

Synthetic scattering matrix (1) table F

extra_enstatite_520nm_F.txt

Angle range (deg)

[5,177]

Paper (pdf)

Frattin et al., MNRAS, vol. 484, 2019

Full reference paper

Frattin E, Muñoz O, Moreno F, Nava J, Escobar-Cerezo J, Gomez Martin JC,Guirado D, Cellino A, Coll P, Raulin F, Bertini I, Cremonese G, Lazzarin M, Naletto G, La Forgia F. Experimental phase function and degree of linear polarization of cometary dust analogues. MNRAS, vol. 484, pp. 2198–2211, 2019

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