Olivine Medium

Practical significance

Cometary and asteroidal dust analog.

Origin

Mechanical milling of some of the original Olivine Pebble 

Main constituent
Olivine Fe0.16Mg1.84SiO4
Particle size Mie: reff (μm)
6.5
Particle size Mie: veff
1.4
Size distribution plot:
Size Distribution Olivine Medium
Size distribution table
Color
White
SEM/TEM images:
Olivine Medium SEM Image
All SEM/TEM images (zip file)
Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm
514.00 nm
Scattering matrix (1) table
Scattering matrix (1) plot:
Scattering matrix elements Olivine Medium 514 nm
Refractive index

1.62 + i0.00005 (see the Jena-St. Petersburg Database of Optical Constants, Henning et al. 1999 ).

Angle range (deg)
[3,177]
Reference/s