Layer
Name
NWA13724 pellet
Physical characteristics
Type of layer
pellet
Thickness
0.8  ± 0.1  mm
Mass
0.301 ± 0.0015 g
Texture
compact poor grained
Type of porosity
closed pores
Porosity
0.0e+00
Formation mode
pressing granular materials
Temperature
22.0  ∘C
Pressure
400000.0  ± 1000.0  None
Comments
The powder mixture "meteorite + KBr" was pressed to 400 bars under atmospheric pressure in order to obtain a 13 mm diameter pellet of good optical quality
Number
2
Arrangement
homogeneous mixing
Materials
  Name Arrangement Mass (g) Mass fraction Abundance comments
bulk powder of NWA13724 0.001 0.0033222591362126247 several tens of mg of rock were ground in a dry agate mortar. Out of this mass, 1.0 mg was weighed.
KBr powder matrix containing the meteorite powder grains 0.3 0.9966777408637874