SAMPLE

Name : Alumina

Grains size : 13nm. In microgravity, large agglomerates of some millimeters diameters detected

Composition : Al₂O₃

Structure : high porosity

Refractive index : 1,7

Albedo : 0,67 ± 0,02

Publications :

   - Hadamcik, E., Renard, J.-B., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Worms, J.-C., Laboratory light scattering measurements on « natural » particles with the PROGRA2 experiment : an overview, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79-80, 679-693, 2003.

   - Hadamcik, E., Renard, J.-B., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Lasue, J., Light scattering by fluffy particles with the PROGRA2 experiment: Mixtures of materials, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 100, 143-156, 2006