Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
TERRESTRIAL AEROSOLS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Asteroids
Circumstellar shells
Comets
Terrestrial Aerosols Subcategories
Volcanic
Others
Origin
crushed piece of Feldspar rock from Finland
Main constituent
K-feldspar, plagioclase, quartz
Practical significance
interpretation of remote sensing data. Analogues of other planets' atmospheric dust, and dust in comets, asteroids, and circumstellar shells
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
1.0
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
1.0
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape
irregular
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
estimated to be in the range [1.5-1.6] + i[0.00001-0.001]
Color
light pink to white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
441.6
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (2) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (2) plot
Scattering matrix (2) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Volten H, Muñoz O, Rol E, de Haan JF, Vassena W, Hovenier JW. Scattering matrices of mineral aerosol particles at 441.6 nm and 632.8 nm. Journal of Geophysical Research, 106, no. D15, pp. 17,375-17,401, 2001
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