The MECA wet chemistry laboratory on the 2007 Phoenix Mars Scout Lander

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 114, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Kounaves, Samuel P ^a   Hecht, Michael H ^b   West, Steven J ^c,d   Morookian, John Michael ^b   Young, Suzanne M M ^a   Quinn, Richard ^e   Grunthaner, Paula ^b   Wen, Xiaowen ^d   Weilert, Mark ^b   Cable, Casey A ^a   Fisher, Anita ^b   Gospodinova, Kalina ^a   Kapit, Jason ^a   Stroble, Shannon ^a   Hsu, Po Chang ^a   Clark, Benton C ^f   Ming, Douglas W ^g   Smith, Peter H ^h  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Invensys Process Systems USA   (United States)

^d Thermo Fisher Scientific   (United States)

^e SETI INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

^g NASA JOHNSON SPACE CENTER   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CATION; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; CONDUCTIVITY; DATA INTERPRETATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; ELECTRODE; HEAVY METAL; MARS; MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE; METEORITE; PH; REGOLITH; SENSOR;

EID: 67649202045     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2008JE003084     Document Type: Article

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