Sample
Name
Lunar regolith simulant JSC-1AF mixed with 35 wt.% fine-grained spherical water ice particles
Date
2014-08-13
Provider
Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Thickness
20.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $mm$
Diameter
20.0 $mm$
Volume
16000.0 $mm^3$
Surface roughness
smooth
Substrate material
Black anodized aluminum
Temperature
240.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max
245.0 $K$
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
240.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Fluid pressure
950.0 $\pm$ 50.0 $mbar$
Comments
The sample is in contact with a mixture (unknown proportions) of molecular nitrogen produced by the sublimation of liquid nitrogen at the bottom of the sample holder (major), CO2 gas sublimated from the sample itself (minor) and ambient air leaking into the chamber (minor)