Matter
Name
Pyrrhotite powder (25-50µm grains)
Family
solid
Parent matter
Pyrrhotite PAM#169
Level
local matter
Origins
natural terrestrial
Provider
Lyuba Moroz, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V. (DLR), Institute of Planetary Research, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany.
Preparation
sieved fraction
Method
wet-sieving with ethanol between 2 sieve sizes: 25 and 50µm
Phase type
solid
Component type (group)
mineral (silicate mineral)
Texture
loose granular
Type of porosity
particulate
Grain sizes
Grains Size min Size max Size median Size width Size mass fraction Grain shape
#1 25.0 ${\mu}m$ 50.0 ${\mu}m$ 1.0 irregular
Size method
wet-sieving with ethanol between 2 sieve sizes: 25 and 50µm
Number
1
Mode of mixing
single material
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
Pyrrhotite powder (25-50µm grains) 1.0
Title
Pyrrhotite 25-50 µm powder preparation

Precursors

Matters

Produced matter

Matter
Pyrrhotite powder (25-50µm grains) (this matter)
Processing steps
Step Date Type Process Changes
#1 2018-10-16 mechanical grinding powdered pyrrhotite
#2 2018-10-16 mechanical the powder has been wet-sieved with ethanol between 2 sieves of size 50 and 25 µm Pyrrhotite powder with 25-50 µm grain size
Comments
sample's powders have been produced at the Cold Surface Spectroscopy in IPAG-Grenoble