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Table A.1

Characteristic properties of the five silica dust types and the micro-granular water ice.

C1 C2 C4 C6

Material density 2.06 g cm−3

Radii determined by particle count
Mean 0.041 µm 0.119 µm 0.039 m 0.244 m
Count median 0.0380 µm 0.0895 µm 0.0163 m 0.0833 m
10% – 90% 0.010 – 0.078 µm 0.042 – 0.231 µm 0.007 – 0.080 µm 0.039 – 0.613 µm
1σ 0.012 – 0.064 µm 0.052 – 0.191 µm 0.007 – 0.053 µm 0.039 – 0.481 µm
2σ 0.008 – 0.123 µm 0.023 – 0.379 µm 0.001 – 0.260 µm 0.039 – 1.151 µm
3σ 0.004 – 0.140 µm 0.011 – 0.627 µm 0.001 – 0.727 µm 0.017 – 2.866 µm

Radii determined by particle volume

Mean 0.047 µm 0.146 µm 0.080 µm 0.437 µm
Volume median 0.0935 µm 0.345 µm 0.572 µm 2.196 µm
10% – 90% 0.045 – 0.140 µm 0.156 – 0.619µm 0.279 – 1.167 µm 0.768 – 4.565 µm
1σ 0.058 – 0.140 µm 0.184 – 0.534 µm 0.354 – 1.167 µm 0.922 – 4.565 µm
2σ 0.033 – 0.315 µm 0.090 – 0.666 µm 0.137 – 1.167 µm 0.437 – 4.565 µm
3σ 0.016 – 0.315 µm 0.052 – 0.666 µm 0.035 – 1.167 µm 0.172 – 4.565 µm

Angular Water-ice

Material density 2.65 g cm−3 0.93 g cm−3

Radii determined by particle count

Mean 0.2156 µm 2.63 µm
Count median 0.136 µm 2.5 µm
10% – 90% 0.064 – 0.4751 µm 1.65 – 3.68 µm
1σ 0.0799 – 0.3544 µm 1.80 – 3.45 µm
2σ 0.0422 – 0.7204 µm 1.26 – 4.39 µm
3σ 0.0264 – 2.13 µm 0.99 – 4.59 µm

Radii determined by particle volume

Mean 0.3142 µm 2.79 m
Volume median 1.654 µm 3.40 m
10% – 90% 0.508 – 2.332 µm 2.29 – 4.41 µm
0.607 – 2.332 µm 2.47 – 4.23 µm
0.276 – 2.332 µm 1.80 – 4.5 µm
0.100 – 2.332 µm 1 .26 – 4.61 µm

Notes. The data for water ice are from Kreuzig et al. (2023).

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