Sample
Name
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (32 wt.% water, step #3 in the wetting sequence)
Date
2011-04-18
Provider
Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Previous sample
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (28 wt.% water, step #2 in the wetting sequence)
Thickness
10.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $mm$
Diameter
120.0 $mm$
Substrate material
plastic petri dish
Temperature
293.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$
Temperature max
300.0 $K$
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
293.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$
Fluid pressure
950.0 $\pm$ 50.0 $mbar$
Title
Addition of liquid water into the sample.

Precursors

Samples

Produced sample

Sample
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (32 wt.% water, step #3 in the wetting sequence) (this sample)
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 on parent sample 2011-04-18 fluid physical Liquid water is sprayed over and wets the surface of the sample.
#2 on parent sample 2011-04-18 fluid physical Liquid water diffuses vertically from the surface within the sample.