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CheMin: A Definitive Mineralogy Instrument in the Analytical Laboratory of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL '09)An important goal of the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL 09) mission is the determination of definitive mineralogy and chemical composition. CheMin is a miniature X-ray diffraction/X-ray fluorescence (XRD/XRF) instrument that has been chosen for the analytical laboratory of MSL. CheMin utilizes a miniature microfocus source cobalt X-ray tube, a transmission sample cell and an energy-discriminating X-ray sensitive CCD to produce simultaneous 2-D X-ray diffraction patterns and X-ray fluorescence spectra from powdered or crushed samples. A diagrammatic view of the instrument is shown.
Document ID
20050166999
Acquisition Source
Headquarters
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Blake, D. F. (NASA Ames Research Center Moffett Field, CA, United States)
Sarrazin, P. (In-Xitu Mountain View, CA, United States)
Bish, D. L. (Indiana Univ. Bloomington, IN, United States)
Chiprera, S. J. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Vaniman, D. T. (Los Alamos National Lab. NM, United States)
Date Acquired
September 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2005
Publication Information
Publication: Lunar and Planetary Science XXXVI, Part 2
Subject Category
Instrumentation And Photography
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.

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