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Table 3

Dust composition in the CSE of IRC +10 216, used to produce the fit to the SED in Fig. 3.

Dust species Shape Mass fraction References
(%)

Amorphous carbon DHS 53 Preibisch et al. (1993)
Silicon carbide CDE 25 Pitman et al. (2008)
Magnesium sulfide CDE 22 Begemann et al. (1994)

Notes. The columns list the dust species, the assumed shapes, the respective mass fractions, and the references to the optical constants of the different dust species.

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