Computer Science
Scientific paper
Oct 2011
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2011epsc.conf.1103a&link_type=abstract
EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, held 2-7 October 2011 in Nantes, France. http://meetings.copernicus.org/epsc-dps2011, p.1103
Computer Science
Scientific paper
Thermal analysis instruments have been used on past Mars missions to look for organics as well as to identify minerals from their decomposition temperatures and products [1, 2]. The Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) instrument on the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) will conduct similar measurements. Size and mass constraints lead to planetary instruments being operated under different conditions than is typical of terrestrial laboratory studies. These different conditions can have a significant impact on the temperature of thermal decomposition, complicating the analysis of planetary data by making comparisons to existing terrestrial data difficult. This work seeks to establish a relationship between instrument pressure and thermal decomposition temperature that could be used to predict decomposition temperatures under different conditions based on existing terrestrial studies. Preliminary results show that a relationship exists that can be used to make predictions for certain classes of minerals.
Archer D. Jr. P.
Ming Douglas W.
Sutter Brad
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