A synchrotron-based facility for the in-situ location, chemical and mineralogical characterization of ∼10 μm particles captured in aerogel

Advances in Space Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 328-334

  Flynn, G J ^a   Sutton, S R ^b   Lanzirotti, A ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerogel; Comet Wild 2; Interplanetary dust; Stardust spacecraft; X ray diffraction; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AEROGELS; CHARACTERIZATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DUST; GEOCHEMISTRY; LIGHT SOURCES; MINERALS; NASA; ORBITS; SPACE FLIGHT; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY; COMET WILD-2; INTERPLANETARY DUST; INTERPLANETARY DUST PARTICLES; MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NATIONAL SYNCHROTRON LIGHT SOURCES; STARDUST SPACECRAFT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

INTERPLANETARY SPACECRAFT;

EID: 58149263167     PISSN: 02731177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.asr.2008.06.005     Document Type: Article

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