Martian Atmosphere Simulation Facility

Provided by; Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences; Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

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Scientific Contact:

Professor G.R. Davies
Department of Petrology
Vrije universiteit
De Boelelaan 1085, 1081 HV Amsterdam
Email:
Phone 00 31 205987329: Fax 00 31 205989942

Local administrative contact (once a TNA visit is awarded):

Ms F. Bosse, Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
Email:
Phone 00 31 205987310: Fax 00 31 205989942

 

Facility Description

Most Notable features:

  1. Large volume with multiple flanges allowing great flexibility in usage (e.g., multiple electronic feed throughs and optical windows).
  2. Programmable Temperature control (+50 to < -40oC).
  3. Multiple cooling circuits offers the capability to operate instruments and samples at different temperatures.
  4. Programmable atmospheric gas control.
  5. Internal supports capable of supporting instruments up to >10 kg
  6. Programmable X-Y-Z sample holder.

For more details of capabilities see www.falw.vu.nl/petrology


Cross section shows internal support for large instruments, internal heat shields, multiple cooling circuits and isolation vacuum volume

Facility Applications

Chief applications under Terrestrial & Planetary conditions:

  1. In situ spectroscopic analysis with variable light sources including lasers.
  2. Instrument testing and performance validation at variable T (+50 to < -40oC), P (atmospheric to <10-6 mb) and gas composition.

Facility References

Selected relevant publications


For information on the Europlanet TNA programme contact:

Professor N J Mason, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The Open University, Walton Hall. Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA
Email (preferred method of contact)

 

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Last updated:19 May 2009