First in situ wet chemistry experiment on Mars using the SAM instrument: MTBSTFA derivatization on a martian mudstone

Caroline Freissinet (1) , D. P. Glavin (1) , A. Buch (2) , Cyril Szopa (3) , Maeva Millan (3) , S. Kashyap (4) , H. B. Franz (1) , J. L. Eigenbrode (1) , W. B. Brinckerhoff (1) , R. Navarro-Gonzalez (5) , S. Teinturier (1) , C. A. Malespin (1) , B. D. Prats (1) , R. P. Mahaffy (1)

1 GSFC - NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
2 LGPM - Laboratoire de Génie des Procédés et Matériaux - EA 4038
3 PLANETO - LATMOS
4 UMass Amherst - University of Massachusetts [Amherst]
5 Laboratorio de Química de Plasmas y Estudios Planetarios [Mexico]

Here we report preliminary results from an MTBSTFA derivatization (MD) GCMS experiment that was optimized for the detection of MTBSTFA residual vapor reaction products with refractory organic compounds and other molecules present in the Cumberland (CB) mudstone sample, known to contain organic molecules

Domains: Sciences of the Universe [physics]; Astrophysics [astro-ph]; Earth and Planetary Astrophysics [astro-ph.EP]

Caroline Freissinet, D. P. Glavin, A. Buch, Cyril Szopa, Maeva Millan, et al.. First in situ wet chemistry experiment on Mars using the SAM instrument: MTBSTFA derivatization on a martian mudstone. Astrobiology Science Conference 2015 (AbSciCon 2015 ): Habitability, Habitable Worlds, and Life, USRA Houston, Jun 2015, Chicago, United States. 7504.pdf. ⟨insu-01183000⟩