Spherical particles of salty H2O ice (10-100 µm typical particle diameter, 5 wt.% NaCl). Before electron irradiation. | BYPASS

Sample

Name: Spherical particles of salty H2O ice (10-100 µm typical particle diameter, 5 wt.% NaCl). Before electron irradiation.

Owner of sample

Database

BYPASS

Experimentalists

Rafael Ottersberg

Origin of sample

Date: 2024-07-01
Provider: Planetary Ice Laboratory, Space and Planetary Science division, Physics Institute, University of Bern

Image

Sample made of spherical particles of salty H2O ice (10-100 µm typical particle diameter) frozen from a 5 wt.% Nacl solution. Before electron irradiation. The reflectance spectrum is collected over the outlined red Region of Interest.

Physical characteristics

Thickness: 10.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $mm$
Diameter: 40.0 $mm$
Surface roughness: smooth
Substrate material: Black anodised aluminum

Sample environment: Temperature

Temperature: 77.0 $\pm$ 1.0 $K$
Temperature max: 200.0 $\pm$ 50.0 $K$

Sample environment: Fluid

Type: vacuum
Fluid pressure: 1.0e-08 $\pm$ 1.0e-09 $mbar$

Documentation and publication

Publications

Ottersberg et al., 2025, Icarus

Layers in sample

Number

Layers

Spherical particles of salty H2O ice (10-100 µm typical particle diameter, 5 wt.% NaCl). Before electron irradiation. , 10.0 $mm$

Sample processings