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Composition of Interstellar Grains

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A mixture of meteoritic silicate, silicon carbide, and graphite particles can explain all the observed properties of interstellar grains.

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GILRA, D. Composition of Interstellar Grains. Nature 229, 237–241 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/229237a0

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