Sample
Name
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (8 wt.% water, step #1 in the wetting sequence)
Date
2011-04-18
Provider
Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern
Previous sample
Dry JSC Mars-1 soil simulant, before the wetting sequence.
Thickness
10.0 2.0
Diameter
120.0
Substrate material
plastic petri dish
Temperature
293.0 2.0
Temperature max
300.0
Type
ambient air
Fluid temperature
293.0 2.0
Fluid pressure
950.0 50.0
Title
Addition of liquid water into the sample.

Precursors

Samples

Produced sample

Sample
Wet JSC Mars-1 soil simulant (8 wt.% water, step #1 in the wetting sequence) (this sample)
Processing steps
Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes
#1 on parent sample 2011-04-18 fluid physical Liquid water is sprayed over and wets the surface of the sample.
#2 on parent sample 2011-04-18 fluid physical Liquid water diffuses vertically from the surface within the sample.