Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (34 wt.% water, step #4 in the wetting sequence) (Layer #1) | BYPASS | SSHADE

Layer

Name: Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (34 wt.% water, step #4 in the wetting sequence)

Physical characteristics

Type of layer: granular
Thickness: 10.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $mm$
Texture: loose granular
Type of porosity: particulate

Formation conditions

Formation mode: manual deposition
Temperature: 293.0 $K$

Materials in layer

Number

7

Arrangement

fluid in porous solid

Materials

	Name	Arrangement	Mass (g)	Mass fraction	Abundance comments
	Liquid water			0.34	The abundance is measured precisely for the bulk sample but might not be representative of the very surface as vertical gradients of humidity are expected.
	Ti-Magnetite			0.1386
	Anorthite
	Olivine
	Ferrihydrite			0.0693
	Augite
	Orthopyroxenes