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Cellulose acetate replica cleaning study of genesis non-flight sample 3cz00327
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Burnett, D. S. Kuhlman, K. R. Gonzalez, C. P. Schmeling, M. Allton, J. H. |
| Copyright Year | 2014 |
| Description | The Genesis mission collected solar wind and brought it back to Earth in order to provide precise knowledge of solar isotopic and elemental compositions. The ions in the solar wind were stopped in the collectors at depths on the order of 10 to a few hundred nanometers. This shallow implantation layer is critical for scientific analysis of the composition of the solar wind and must be preserved throughout sample handling, cleaning, processing, distribution, preparation and analysis. We are working interactively with the community of scientists analyzing Genesis samples, using our unique laboratory facilities -- and, where needed, our unique cleaning techniques -- to significantly enhance the science return from the Genesis mission. This work is motivated by the need to understand the submicron contamination on the collectors in the Genesis payload as recovered from the crash site in the Utah desert, and -- perhaps more importantly -- how to remove it. That is, we are evaluating the effectiveness of the wet-chemical "cleaning" steps used by various investigators, to enable them to design improved methods of stripping terrestrial contamination from surfaces while still leaving the solar-wind signal intact. |
| File Size | 591699 |
| Page Count | 2 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20140011749 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t4mm1b49b |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2014-03-17 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Solar Physics Samples Cellulose Cleaning Sample Return Missions Replicas Solar Wind Acetates Contamination Genesis Mission Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
