The Mars Phoenix Scout Mission with its diverse instrument suite successfully examined several soils on the Northern plains of Mars. The Thermal and Evolved Gas Analyzer (TEGA) was employed to detect evolved volatiles and organic and inorganic materials by coupling a differential scanning calorimeter (DSC) with a magnetic-sector mass spectrometer (MS) that can detect masses in the 2 to 140 dalton range [1]. Five Martian soils were individually heated to 1000 C in the DSC ovens where evolved gases from mineral decompostion products were examined with the MS. TEGA s DSC has the capability to detect endothermic and exothermic reactions during heating that are characteristic of minerals present in the Martian soil.


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    Titel :

    Summary of Results from the Mars Phoenix Lander's Thermal Evolved Gas Analyzer


    Beteiligte:
    Sutter, B. (Autor:in) / Ming, D. W. (Autor:in) / Boynton, W. V. (Autor:in) / Niles, P. B. (Autor:in) / Hoffman, J. (Autor:in) / Lauer, H. V. (Autor:in) / Golden, D. C. (Autor:in)

    Kongress:

    The New Martian Chemistry Workshop ; 2009 ; Medford, MA, United States


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    01.01.2009


    Medientyp :

    Preprint


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch