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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