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Table 6
Characteristic sublimation timescales in seconds of a single dust grain of the selected species with radii between 0.1 and 0.7 µm.
Dust species | Grain size [µm] | ||||||
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0.1 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.7 | |
Sublimation timescale (s) | |||||||
Enstatite (MgSiO3) | 15.18 | 16.31 | 16.90 | 17.32 | 17.65 | 17.92 | 18.16 |
Glassy enstatite (MgSiO3) | 11.88 | 12.87 | 13.42 | 13.81 | 14.12 | 14.36 | 14.57 |
Forsterite (Mg2SiO4) | 10.39 | 11.18 | 11.59 | 11.89 | 12.12 | 12.33 | 12.51 |
Silicon monoxide (SiO) | 0.37 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.41 | 0.42 | 0.43 |
Fayalite (Fe2SiO4) | 3.66 | 3.84 | 3.91 | 3.96 | 4.00 | 4.03 | 4.06 |
α-quartz (SiO2) | 10755.82 | 20111.49 | 27817.78 | 33 544.02 | 37 167.47 | 39 041.08 | 39820.98 |
Amorphous quartz (SiO2) | 2066.63 | 3707.10 | 5106.53 | 6241.22 | 7069.07 | 7591.62 | 7874.51 |
Corundum (Al2O3) | 0.63 | 0.66 | 0.67 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.72 |
Silicon carbide (SiC) | 16152.55 | 16153.81 | 16157.70 | 16206.08 | 16530.99 | 18 522.19 | 26088.48 |
Graphite (C) | 4.43 | 421.89 | 5886.80 | 25 859.17 | 63 888.80 | 113 996.63 | 168 262.97 |
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