Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 1

Practical significance

For experiments intended to mimic the formation of circumstellar dust.

Origin

Produced in the Condensation Flow Apparatus at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

Main constituent
95% MgSiO, 5% MgO
Particle size

Modal grain sizes: 50 nm, 120 nm 
Aggregate/cluster sizes: about 650 nm

Particle shape

High fluffiness: view

Color
Dark brown, dark brown magnesiosilica indicative of a high amount of amorphous MgSiO plus crystalline MgO grains; Mg/Si=0.5
SEM/TEM images:
Aggregate (fluffy) Sample 1 SEM Image
Aggregate (fluffy) Sample 1 TEM Image
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
632.80 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering Matrix elements Aggregate1 - 632nm
Refractive index

Real part 1.7

Angle range (deg)
[5,174]
Reference/s