Water Sorption on Martian Regolith Analogs: Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics

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

1 LPG - Laboratoire de Planétologie de Grenoble

Adsorption of water by a suite of six plausible martian regolith analogs is experimentally investigated. Adsorption and desorption isotherms are measured as well as near-infrared reflectance spectra for each step of hydration/dehydration processes.

Antoine Pommerol, Bernard Schmitt, Pierre Beck, Olivier Brissaud. Water Sorption on Martian Regolith Analogs: Near-Infrared Reflectance Spectroscopy and Thermodynamics. 40th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Mar 2009, The Woodlands, Texas, United States. pp.1608. ⟨insu-00365651⟩