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Aggregates (fluffy) Sample 3
origin produced in the Condensation Flow Apparatus at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
main constituent 75% MgSiO, 25% MgO
practical significance for experiments intended to mimic the formation of circumstellar dust
particle size modal grain sizes: 50 nm, 30-50 nm
aggregate/cluster sizes: about 650 nm, 150-400nm
particle shape high fluffiness: view
refractive index real part 1.6
color light brown
light-brown magnesiosilica indicative of amorphous MgSiO with a high amount of silica grains; Mg/Si=1.3
scattering matrix 632.8 nm (open squares)
article Volten H., Muñoz O., Hovenier JW, Rietmeijer FJM, Nuth JA, Waters LBFM, Van der Zande WJ. Experimental light scattering by fluffy aggregates of magnesiosilica, ferrosilica, and alumina cosmic dust analogs. Astronomy and Astrophysics, 470, 377-386, 2007