Material Water ice and Smectite intra-mixture spherical particles 67±31 μm | SSHADE

Material

Name: Water ice and Smectite intra-mixture spherical particles 67±31 μm

Origin: laboratory

Abundance in layer

Relevance: main - major
Mass fraction: 1.0

Texture

compact

Grain sizes

Grains	Size min	Size max	Size median	Size width	Size mass fraction	Grain shape
#1	30.0 ${\mu}m$	40.0 ${\mu}m$			0.03	spherical
#2	40.0 ${\mu}m$	50.0 ${\mu}m$			0.21	spherical
#3	50.0 ${\mu}m$	60.0 ${\mu}m$			0.31	spherical
#4	60.0 ${\mu}m$	70.0 ${\mu}m$			0.13	spherical
#5	70.0 ${\mu}m$	80.0 ${\mu}m$			0.11	spherical
#6	80.0 ${\mu}m$	90.0 ${\mu}m$			0.06	spherical
#7	90.0 ${\mu}m$	100.0 ${\mu}m$			0.02	spherical
#8	100.0 ${\mu}m$	110.0 ${\mu}m$			0.02	spherical
#9	110.0 ${\mu}m$	120.0 ${\mu}m$			0.05	spherical
#10	120.0 ${\mu}m$	130.0 ${\mu}m$			0.01	spherical
#11	130.0 ${\mu}m$	140.0 ${\mu}m$			0.0	spherical
#12	140.0 ${\mu}m$	150.0 ${\mu}m$			0.01	spherical
#13	150.0 ${\mu}m$	160.0 ${\mu}m$			0.01	spherical
#14	160.0 ${\mu}m$	170.0 ${\mu}m$			0.01	spherical

Size method

Manual counting on cryo-Scanning Electron Microscopy images of fresh pure water ice particles

Constituents in material

Number: 12
Arrangement: coated grains

	Name	Compound type	Arrangement	Mass ( $g$ )	Mass fraction	Adsorbat name
	water ice	inorganic molecular solid	coating shell		0.99
	Na-Montmorillonite	phyllosilicate	coated core		0.008 $\pm$ 0.001
	Quartz	tektosilicate	coated core		0.0006 $\pm$ 0.0002
	Plagioclase	tektosilicate	coated core		0.0008 $\pm$ 0.0005
	Gypsum	sulfate	coated core		5e-05 $\pm$ 4e-05
	Calcite	carbonate	coated core		5e-05 $\pm$ 2e-05
	Illite	phyllosilicate	coated core		1e-05 $\pm$ 1e-05
	Dolomite	carbonate	coated core		2e-05 $\pm$ 2e-05
	Kaolinite	phyllosilicate	coated core		0.00013 $\pm$ 0.0001
	Chlorites	phyllosilicate	coated core		2e-05 $\pm$ 2e-05
	Clinopyroxenes	inosilicate	coated core		0.00044 $\pm$ 0.0004
	Orthopyroxenes	inosilicate	coated core		0.00014 $\pm$ 0.0001

Poch et al., 2016, Icarus, 267, 154 - 173