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Chemin: a definitive mineralogy instrument in the analytical laboratory of the mars science laboratory (msl '09)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Blake, D. F. Bish, D. L. Vaniman, D. T. Sarrazin, P. Chiprera, S. J. |
| Copyright Year | 2005 |
| Description | An important goal of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL 09) mission is the determination of definitive mineralogy and chemical composition. CheMin is a miniature X-ray diffraction/X-ray fluorescence (XRD/XRF) instrument that has been chosen for the analytical laboratory of MSL. CheMin utilizes a miniature microfocus source cobalt X-ray tube, a transmission sample cell and an energy-discriminating X-ray sensitive CCD to produce simultaneous 2-D X-ray diffraction patterns and X-ray fluorescence spectra from powdered or crushed samples. A diagrammatic view of the instrument is shown. |
| File Size | 299487 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20050166999 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t1sf7qz50 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2005-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Sensitivity X Ray Fluorescence Mineralogy Mars Science Laboratory Mars Surface Chemical Composition Miniaturization X Ray Tubes X Ray Diffraction X Ray Sources Curiosity Rover Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |