- Database
- Experimentalists
- Date
- 2019-06-01
- Provider
- IPAG
- Thickness
- 0.8 ± 0.1 mm
- Diameter
- 13.0 mm
- Mass
- 0.301 ± 0.0015 g
- Substrate material
- sample holder in aluminum with a centered hole to hold the sample
- Comments
- KBr pellet of 13mm of diameter and 0.8mm thick
- Temperature
- 22.0 ± 2.0 ∘C
- Temperature max
- 22.0 ± 2.0 ∘C
- Type
- vacuum
- Fluid pressure
- 0.001 mbar
- Comments
- stored in a desiccator
- Number
- 1
- Layers
-
- Mdaouer pellet , 0.8 mm
- Title
- Grinding of the Mdaouer matter, mixing with KBr, pellet making
- Matters
- Sample
- Mdaouer KBr Pellet (this sample)
- Processing steps
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Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes #1 before layer formation 2019-06-01 mechanical grinding bulk meteorite reduced to grains with size lower than 10 microns #2 before layer formation 2019-06-01 thermal 500 mg of commercial ultrapure KBr powder was heated under ambient air to 80°C overnight (~10h) removal of adsorbed/hydration water in KBr powder #3 before layer formation 2019-06-01 mixing homogeneous mixing 1.0 mg of grinded meteorite was weighed and mixed with 500 mg of dried commercial ultrapure KBr powder #4 during layer formation 2019-06-01 pressure pressure formation of a pellet of 13mm diameter and 0.8 mm thick under 400 bars of pressure