Experiment
Vis-NIR reflectance spectra of Nontronite NAu-1, pure, mixed with Water ice, during and after ice sublimation
Sub-Experiment
Nontronite mixed with Water ice, before, during and after ice sublimation
Spectrum
Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=0h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=1h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=3h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=6h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=9h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=14h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=19h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=29h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=39h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K (t=50h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 175 K (t=68h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of several millimeters thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 213 K (t=88h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 215 K (t=89h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 217 K (t=90h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 219 K (t=91h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of sublimating Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 221 K (t=92h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 223 K (t=93h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 225 K (t=94h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 231 K (t=97h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 241 K (t=103h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 261 K (t=113h)
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Vis-NIR reflectance spectrum of a 1-mm thick sublimation residue made of Nontronite at 297 K (t=132h)
Layer
- Name
- Sublimation residue made of Nontronite NAu-1
- Order
- 2
- Type of layer
- granular
- Texture
- other
- Type of porosity
- particulate
- Comments
- The layer has a foam-like structure, made of yellow spheres of nontronite "ribbons" aggregated. The spheres appear to be made of "ribbons" of nontronite (only few micrometers thick) interlaced or connected together. After sublimation of the water, the places previously occupied by the water crystals are now empty, resulting in an high porosity of the sublimation residue, also called sublimation mantle. The observed ribbons are probably the relics of the water crystals interfaces.
- Formation mode
- fractionated sublimation
- Comments
- The layer was produced by sublimation of the ice in the lower layer.