- Database
- Experimentalists
- Date
- 2012-04-06
- Provider
- IPAG, Pierre Beck
- Thickness
- 0.8 $\pm$ 0.01 $mm$
- Diameter
- 13.0 $mm$
- Mass
- 0.301 $\pm$ 0.0015 $g$
- Substrate material
- sample holder in aluminium with a centered hole to hold the pellet
- Comments
- KBr pellet of 13mm of diameter and 0.8mm thick
- Temperature
- 22.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $^{\circ}C$
- Temperature max
- 22.0 $\pm$ 2.0 $^{\circ}C$
- Type
- vacuum
- Fluid pressure
- 0.001 $mbar$
- Comments
- stored in a dessicator
- Number
- 1
- Layers
-
- BELLS meteorite pellet , 0.8 $mm$
- Title
- Grinding of the BELLS matter, mixing with Kbr, pellet making
- Matters
- Sample
- BELLS meteorite pellet Tamb (this sample)
- Processing steps
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Step Chronology Date Type Process Changes #1 before layer formation 2012-04-06 mechanical grinding bulk meteorite reduced to grains with size lower than 10 microns #2 before layer formation 2012-04-06 thermal 300 mg of commercial ultrapure KBr powder was heated under ambient air to 80°C overnight (~10h) removal of adsorbed/hydration water in KBr powder #3 before layer formation 2012-04-06 mixing homogeneous mixing 1.0 mg of grinded meteorite was weighed and mixed with 300 mg of dried commercial ultrapure KBr powder #4 before layer formation 2012-04-06 pressure pressure formation of a pellet of 13mm diameter and 0.8 mm thick under 400 bar of pressure