Categories
MICRON-COSMIC ANALOGS
Summary: AEROSOLS
Micron- cosmic analogs subcategories
Comets
Origin
rock collected in North Carolina, USA. Powder produced in Naples, Italy
Main constituent
Mg1.9Fe0.1SiO4, i.e. 95% pure forsterite
Practical significance
cometary dust analog
Particle size Fraunhofer: reff (μm)
1.8
Particle size Fraunhofer: veff
5.4
Size distribution plot
Size distribution table
Particle shape
irregular
All SEM images (zip file)
Refractive index
1.63 + i0.00001 (Dorschner et al. 1995)
Color
white
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.8
Scattering matrix (1) plot
Scattering matrix (1) table
Angle range (deg)
[5,173]
Paper (pdf)
Full reference paper
Volten H, Muñoz O, Brucato JR, Hovenier JW, Colangeli L, Waters LBFM, van der Zande WJ. Scattering matrices and reflectance spectra of forsterite particleswith different size distributions. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, vol. 100, pp. 429–436, 2006
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