- Database
- Experimentalists
- Date
- 2023-09-09
- Provider
- University of Tokyo in Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
- Thickness
- 2.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $mm$
- Diameter
- 13.0 $mm$
- Substrate material
- anodized aluminum
- Temperature
- 297.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $K$
- Type
- ambient air
- Fluid temperature
- 297.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $K$
- Fluid pressure
- 1.0 $bar$
- Number
- 1
- Arrangement
- The sample holder is filled to the top with non-compacted sample powder
- Layers
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- UTPS-TB , 2.0 $mm$
- Title
- Crushing and mixing the serpentinite, dunite, magnetite, carbonates, sulfide rocks and carbon nano-particles to form UTPS-TB
- Sample
- University of Tokyo Phobos Simulant, Tagish Lake based (UTPS-TB) (this sample)
- Processing steps
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Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes #1 before layer formation mechanical Crushing the serpentinite to sizes under 4 cm at the mining company mostly for the ease of handling. #2 before layer formation thermal Placing the rocks in the sun to remove water, then drying them in an air-conditioned room. #3 before layer formation mechanical Crushing the rocks to sizes under 100 μm (with a majority under 45 μm), using the cage-mill and roller-mill. #4 before layer formation mixing Mixing the powdered rocks of different minerals in wet condition. #5 before layer formation mixing Adding nano-carbon suspension water with organic matter to adjust the color. #6 before layer formation thermal Baking the mixed materials under 100 °C in an oven to make blocks, each of a mass about ~ 10 kg. #7 before layer formation mechanical Crushing the blocks with hammers and a stamp-mill. #8 before layer formation mixing Sieving and mixing to adjust the particle size-distributions. - Comments
- More details are given in Miyamoto et al. (2021)