Matter
- Name
- MGS-1 Mars global simulant
- Family
- mineral
- Database
- Experimentalists
- Level
- from laboratory repository
- Origins
- laboratory
- Provider
- CLASS Exolith Lab, University of Central Florida
- Preparation
- raw
- Storage condition
- in closed plastic bags
- Phase type
- solid
- Component type (group)
- mineral (non-silicate mineral), mineral (silicate mineral)
- Shape
- loose powder
- Texture
- loose granular
- Type of porosity
- open pores
- Density
- 1.29 $g.cm^{-3}$
- Grain sizes
-
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape #1 1000.0 ${\mu}m$ 2000.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.0 irregular #2 710.0 ${\mu}m$ 1000.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.066 irregular #3 500.0 ${\mu}m$ 710.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.062 irregular #4 355.0 ${\mu}m$ 500.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.067 irregular #5 212.0 ${\mu}m$ 355.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.114 irregular #6 106.0 ${\mu}m$ 212.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.388 irregular #7 75.0 ${\mu}m$ 106.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.169 irregular #8 53.0 ${\mu}m$ 75.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.099 irregular #9 0.0 ${\mu}m$ 53.0 ${\mu}m$ 0.036 irregular - Size method
- Sieve Analysis following ASTM Standard E11 using RO-TAP RX-30 sieve shaker
- Oxides
-
Formula $SiO_{2}$ $TiO_{2}$ $Al_{2}O_{3}$ $FeO$ $MnO$ $MgO$ $CaO$ $Na_{2}O$ $K_{2}O$ $P_{2}O_{5}$ Mass fraction (%) 42.9 0.6 12.8 11.2 0.1 14.6 1.5 0.6 0.1 0.1 - Oxides comments
- LOI: 5.3; Total 97.1
- Number
- 11
- Mode of mixing
- homogeneous mixing
- Materials