Sample
Name
Lunar regolith simulant JSC-1AF mixed with 35 wt.% spherical water ice particles
Date
2018-01-10
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
200.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Temperature max
200.0 $K$
Type
purged air
Fluid temperature
200.0 $\pm$ 5.0 $K$
Fluid pressure
1000.0 $\pm$ 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)