Experimental Study of Water Exchange Between Regolith and Atmosphere Under Martian Conditions: Thermodynamics and Spectroscopy

Antoine Pommerol (1) , Bernard Schmitt (1) , Olivier Brissaud (1)

1 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble

We have designed a facility to measure near-infrared reflectance spectra of martian regolith analogs under martian surface temperature and humidity. We present adsorption isotherm and exchange kinetics between water and JSC Mars-1 regolith simulant.

Antoine Pommerol, Bernard Schmitt, Olivier Brissaud. Experimental Study of Water Exchange Between Regolith and Atmosphere Under Martian Conditions: Thermodynamics and Spectroscopy. 39th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2008, League City, Texas, United States. pp.1874. ⟨insu-00361640⟩