Udokan basalt powder RN01pX | SOSYPOL | SSHADE

Sample

Name: Udokan basalt powder RN01pX

Owner of sample

Database

SOSYPOL

Experimentalists

Joanna Gurgurewicz

Origin of sample

Date: 2009-10-28
Provider: Space Research Centre PAS

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 1.0 $\pm$ 0.1 $cm$
Diameter: 5.0 $cm$
Volume: 20.0 $cm^3$

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 291.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$

Sample environment: Fluid

Type: ambient air
Fluid temperature: 291.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $K$

Documentation and publication

Publications

Gurgurewicz et al., 2015, Planet. Space Sci., 119, 137 - 154

Layers in sample

Number

1

Layers

Udokan basalt powder RN01pX , 1.0 $cm$

Sample processings

Title

grinding

Precursors

Samples

Udokan basalt RN01A_

Produced sample

Sample

Udokan basalt powder RN01pX (this sample)

Processing steps

Step	Chronology	Date	Type	Process	Changes
#1	before layer formation		mechanical	grinding

Comments

The powder was obtained by crushing the sample manually using an Abiche mortar to a grain size < 2 mm, then powdering it finely in an agate grinder. The obtained powder was then dry sieved to a grain size < 25 µm.