Matter
Name
UTPS-TB (University of Tokyo Phobos Simulant, Tagish Lake based) sieved to a size smaller than 50μm
Family
mineral
Level
from laboratory repository
Origins
laboratory
Provider
University of Tokyo in Ishioka-shi, Ibaraki prefecture, Japan
Preparation
raw
Phase type
solid
Type of porosity
particulate
Number
6
Mode of mixing
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Title
Crushing and sieving of the UTPSTB to a size smaller than 50 μm

Produced matter

Matter
UTPS-TB (University of Tokyo Phobos Simulant, Tagish Lake based) sieved to a size smaller than 50μm (this matter)
Processing steps
Step Date Type Process Changes
#1 2023-01-01 mechanical crushing UTPS-TB was ground using a cryogenic grinder Retsch Cryomill at LGPM (Laboratoire Génie des Procédés et Matériaux, France)
#1 2023-01-01 mechanical sieving sequential dry-sieving (0-25 μm, 25-50 μm, 50-100 μm and 100-450 μm) and selection of the size range of the grain 50 - 100 μm
Comments
More details are given in Wargnier et al. 2024