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Scattering And Absorption of Light in Planetary Regoliths
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Reflection and polarization properties of powder materials
H H Blau1, E L Gray, G M Bourioius
1General Electric Company, Space Sciences Laboratory, P.O. Box 8555, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania19101, USA.
Applied Optics
|January 12, 2010
Abstract:
Directional radiance factors and polarization are presented for pure silicon carbide powder with an average albedo of 0.15 over a size range from 8 micro to 86 micro, pure aluminum oxide powder with average albedo about 0.85 over a size range from 0.1 micro to 86 micro, and for a mixture of one part silicon carbide to six parts aluminum oxide with average albedo of about 0.40 over a size range from 5 micro to 86 micro.
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