Olivine Small | Scattering

Practical significance

Cometary and asteroidal dust analog.

Origin

Mechanical milling of some of the original Olivine Pebbles

Main constituent

Olivine Fe0.16Mg1.84SiO4

Particle size Mie: reff (μm)

2.4

Particle size Mie: veff

1.0

Size distribution plot:

Size distribution table

Particle shape

Irregular

Color

White

SEM/TEM images:

All SEM/TEM images (zip file)

Scattering matrix (1) wavelength in nm

514.00 nm

Scattering matrix (1) table

Scattering matrix (1) plot:

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