- Database
- Experimentalists
- Date
- 2011-04-18
- Provider
- Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
- Previous sample
- Dry JSC Mars-1 soil simulant, before the wetting sequence.
- Thickness
- 10.0 2.0
- Diameter
- 120.0
- Substrate material
- plastic petri dish
- Temperature
- 293.0 2.0
- Temperature max
- 300.0
- Type
- ambient air
- Fluid temperature
- 293.0 2.0
- Fluid pressure
- 950.0 50.0
- Number
- 1
- Layers
- Title
- Addition of liquid water into the sample.
- Samples
- Sample
- Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (8 wt.% water, step #1 in the wetting sequence) (this sample)
- Processing steps
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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.