MGS-1 Mars global simulant (45-90 µm size fraction) | BYPASS

Sample

Name: MGS-1 Mars global simulant (45-90 µm size fraction)

Owner of sample

Database

BYPASS

Experimentalists

Lukas Affolter

Origin of sample

Date: 2020-11-13
Provider: Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern

Image

Size fraction 45-90 µm of the MGS-1 Mars global simulant from CLASS Exolith Lab (UCF). The VIS-NIR reflectance spectrum is collected over the outlined Region of Interest (blue).

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 20.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $mm$
Diameter: 20.0 $mm$
Volume: 16000.0 $mm^3$
Surface roughness: smooth
Substrate material: Black anodized aluminum

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 293.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$
Time at T: 2142.0 $\pm$ 600.0 $s$
Temperature max: 230.0 $K$

Sample environment: Fluid

Type: ambient air
Fluid temperature: 293.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$
Fluid pressure: 950.0 $\pm$ 50.0 $mbar$
Time at T, P, pH: 2142.0 $\pm$ 600.0 $s$

Documentation and publication

Publications

Valantinas et al., 2021, Planet. Space Sci., 209, 105373

Layers in sample

Number

Layers

MGS-1 Mars global simulant (45-90 µm size fraction) , 20.0 $mm$

Sample processings