Utilisation of martian atmosphere constituents by temperature-swing adsorption

JBIS - Journal of the British Interplanetary Society

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 423-430

  Finn, John E ^a   Sridhar, K R ^b   McKay, Christopher P ^a  

^a NASA AMES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIURNAL CYCLE; ELECTRICAL POWER CONSUMPTION; EXPLORATION MISSIONS; IN-SITU RESOURCES; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; LIFE SUPPORTS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERES; TEMPERATURE SWING ADSORPTION;

ADSORPTION;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0011057799     PISSN: 0007084X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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