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Optical Constants Of Kerogen From 0.15 To 40 μm: Comparison with Meteoritic Organics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 April 2016

B.N. Khare ,
W.R. Thompson ,
C. Sagan ,
E.T. Arakawa ,
C. Meisse  and
I. Gilmour
B.N. Khare
Affiliation:
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
W.R. Thompson
Affiliation:
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
C. Sagan
Affiliation:
Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 USA
E.T. Arakawa
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Lab. Oak Ridge, TN 37831
C. Meisse
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Lab. Oak Ridge, TN 37831
I. Gilmour
Affiliation:
Oak Ridge National Lab. Oak Ridge, TN 37831

Abstract

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A vacuum evaporation technique has been used to produce thin, optical quality films of samples of Type II kerogen and of insoluble organic residue from the Murchison meteorite. Using these films, optical constants have been measured from 0.15 to 40 μm for kerogen, and from 2.5 to 40 μm for the Murchison residue. The infrared absorption properties of these materials show many similarities, although Murchison residue is more opaque throughout the infrared than is kerogen, and shows no distinct aliphatic absorptions.

Information

Type
Interplanetary Dust: Physical and Chemical Analysis
Information
International Astronomical Union Colloquium , Volume 126: Origin and Evolution of Interplanetary Dust , 1991 , pp. 99 - 101
Copyright
Copyright © Kluwer 1991

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