SAMPLE

Name : Boron Carbide

Composition : B₄C

Provider : L'Abrasienne company

Albedo : 0.045 ± 0.010

Refractive index : 2 + 0.04i (from modeling calculations)

Size: 7 - 11 µm

Publications :

   - Worms, J.-C., Renard, J.-B., Hadamcik, E., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Gayet, J.-F., Results of the PROGRA2 experiment: an experimental study in microgravity of scattered polarised light by dust particles with large size parameter, Icarus 142, 281-297, 1999.

   - Penttilä, A., Lumme, K., Worms, J.-C., Hadamcik, E., Renard, J.-B., Levasseur-Regourd, A. C., Theoretical analysis of the particles’ properties and polarization measurements in the PROGRA2 experiment, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79-80, 1043-1049, 2003.

   - 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.