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Table 6

Total mass of dust and mass of pure ice grains derived from the dense medium model, and corresponding dust-to-ice ratios.

Size range Parameter set
(μm) (1) (2) (3) (4)

 ≤ 1 Mice (kg)  ≈ 7.6  ×  106  ≈ 1.6  ×  109  ≈ 7.6  ×  106  ≈ 1.8  ×  107
(kg) 1.2  ×  105 8.1  ×  104 1.2  ×  105 6.6  ×  104
/Mice  ≈ 0.02  ≈ 5  ×  10-5  ≈ 0.02  ≈ 0.004
 ≤ 10 Mice (kg)  ≈ 1.6  ×  107  ≈ 1.5  ×  1010  ≈ 1.6  ×  107  ≈ 2.3  ×  108
(kg) 2.9  ×  105 8.0  ×  105 2.7  ×  105 9.0  ×  105
/Mice  ≈ 0.02  ≈ 5  ×  10-5  ≈ 0.02  ≈ 0.004
 ≤ 100 Mice (kg)  ≈ 2.3  ×  107  ≈ 4.7  ×  1010  ≈ 2.3  ×  107  ≈ 5.4  ×  108
(kg) 5.6  ×  105 3.6  ×  106 4.7  ×  105 2.2  ×  106
/Mice  ≈ 0.03  ≈ 8  ×  10-5  ≈ 0.02  ≈ 0.004

Notes. The different sets of parameters are summarized in Table 5.

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