Layer
Name
MURCHISON meteorite pellet heated at 300C
Physical characteristics
Type of layer
pellet
Thickness
0.8  $\pm$ 0.01  $mm$
Mass
0.301 $\pm$ 0.0015 $g$
Texture
compact poor grained
Type of porosity
closed pores
Porosity
0.0e+00
Formation mode
processing of parent sample
Temperature
300.0  $\pm$ 2.0  $^{\circ}C$
Comments
The "meteorite + KBr" pellet was heated at 300°C under atmospheric pressure during 2 hours. The IR spectra was measured very rapidly (<few min) after taking the sample out of the oven
Number
2
Arrangement
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
pellet of MURCHISON heated at 300C 0.001 0.00332225913621262 1 mg of meteorite in the pellet
KBr matrix matrix containing the meteorite powder grains 0.3 0.996677740863787 30–50 mg of rock were ground in a dry agate mortar. Out of this mass, 1.0 mg was weighed.