Sample
Name
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (39 wt.% water, step #5 in the wetting sequence)
Date
2011-04-18
Provider
Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Previous sample
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (34 wt.% water, step #4 in the wetting sequence)
Thickness
10.0 ± 2.0 mm
Diameter
120.0 mm
Substrate material
plastic petri dish
Temperature
293.0 ± 2.0 K
Temperature max
300.0 K
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
293.0 ± 2.0 K
Fluid pressure
950.0 ± 50.0 mbar
Title
Addition of liquid water into the sample.

Precursors

Samples

Produced sample

Sample
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (39 wt.% water, step #5 in the wetting sequence) (this sample)
Processing steps
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.