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Interstellar grains may be a mixture of graphite particles formed in carbon stars and of silicates in oxygen-rich giants. The astrophysical consequences of such a grain mixture are examined.
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HOYLE, F., WICKRAMASINGHE, N. Interstellar Grains. Nature 223, 459–462 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/223459a0
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