Analysis of extraterrestrial particles using monochromated electron energy-loss spectroscopy

Micron

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 369-379

  Erni, Rolf ^a   Browning, Nigel D ^a,b   Dai, Zu Rong ^c   Bradley, John P ^c  

^a University of California   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

EELS; Interplanetary dust particles; Iron oxide; Magnetite; Molecular oxygen; Silicate; VEELS

Indexed keywords

DUST; EXTRATERRESTRIAL ATMOSPHERES; IONIZATION; IRON OXIDES; OXYGEN; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

DUST PARTICLES; EXTRATERRESTRIAL PARTICLES; LOW-LOSS SPECTRA; MOLECULAR OXYGEN;

PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

EID: 17844384280     PISSN: 09684328     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micron.2004.12.011     Document Type: Article

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