[PDF][PDF] Volatile, Isotope, and Organic Analysis of Martian Fines with the Mars

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Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to~ 835 C under helium flow and
evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H2O, SO2,
CO2, and O2 were the major gases released. Water abundance (1.5 to 3 weight percent)
and release temperature suggest that H2O is bound within an amorphous component of the
sample. Decomposition of fine-grained Fe or Mg carbonate is the likely source of much of
the evolved CO2. Evolved O2 is coincident with the release of Cl, suggesting that oxygen is …
Samples from the Rocknest aeolian deposit were heated to~ 835 C under helium flow and evolved gases analyzed by Curiosity’s Sample Analysis at Mars instrument suite. H2O, SO2, CO2, and O2 were the major gases released. Water abundance (1.5 to 3 weight percent) and release temperature suggest that H2O is bound within an amorphous component of the sample. Decomposition of fine-grained Fe or Mg carbonate is the likely source of much of the evolved CO2. Evolved O2 is coincident with the release of Cl, suggesting that oxygen is produced from thermal decomposition of an oxychloride compound. Elevated dD values are consistent with recent atmospheric exchange. Carbon isotopes indicate multiple carbon sources in the fines. Several simple organic compounds were detected, but they are not definitively martian in origin.
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