Sample
Name
Sublimation residue made of Nontronite on Water ice particles 67±31μm containing 1wt% Nontronite in intra-mixture at 173 K
Date
2019-04-16
Thickness
20.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $mm$
Diameter
48.0 $mm$
Surface roughness
smooth
Sample changes
After 90h under high vacuum, the sublimation of water ice left a desiccated layer on top of the sample, made of the Nontronite which covers the ice particles still sublimating below this layer. Between 88 and 89h, a several mm-thick layer of sublimation residue has been removed from the sample surface following an explosion event triggered by pressure exerted by the sublimating water vapour on the residue layer. After this explosion, at 90h, the sample is made of a thin (1mm-thick) layer of sublimation residue of nontronite coating a layer of ice still sublimating.
Substrate material
black aluminum tape
Substrate comments
Cylindrical container of 4.8 cm diameter and 2.0 cm depth, which had been coated with black matte aluminum tape on the inside.
Comments
The initial thickness of the whole sample is 20 mm. As the sublimation goes on, the thickness of the sublimation mantle layer increases while the thickness of the ice layer below decreases.
Temperature
217.0 $K$
Temperature max
173.0 $K$
Type
vacuum
Fluid pressure
1.5e-06 $mbar$
Comments
The sample was kept under high vacuum
Comments
The surface of the sample absorbs thermal infrared radiation emitted from the top and the walls of the vacuum chamber, so the water ice sublimates progressively.