Re: BOOKS: The Secret Life of Dust

From: Spike Jones (spike66@attglobal.net)
Date: Thu Feb 28 2002 - 21:51:07 MST


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>> "Rockets, befitting their lofty status, spit sapphire dust, the
>> product of aluminum-fuel combustion, into the Atmosphere."
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> Amara Graps wrote:
> Picture of Al2O3 Spheroid particle attached to an interplanetary
> dust particle, captured in the stratosphere, can be seen here:
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> http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/galileo/~graps/earth/properties.html

 Referring to rocket exhaust as sapphire dust is a bit of a stretch. {8-]

Thanks for the pix Amara! spike



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