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Rutile
| origin | provided by Kemira Pigments Oy, Pori, Finland |
| main constituents | titanium oxide, TiO2 |
| practical significance | rutile dust particles are thought to be the most likely nucleation seeds in oxygen-rich circumstellar shells (Jeon et al. 1999, 2003). In addition,rutile is an accessory component of the lunar regolith (Frondel1975). |
| particle size | distributions measured with turbidity spectrum method: reff=0.13 μm, veff=0.5 |
| particle shape | irregular |
| refractive index | estimated to be in the range 3.0 + i[0.01-0.1] |
| color | dark red |
| scattering matrix | 632.8 nm |
| article | Muñoz O, Volten H, Hovenier JW, Min M, Shkuratov YG, Jalava JP, van der Zande WJ, Waters LBFM. Experimental and computational study of light scattering by irregular particles with extreme refractive indices: hematite and rutile. Astronomy and Astrophysics, vol. 446, pp. 525–535, 2006 |
