Laboratory studies of perchlorate phase transitions: Support for metastable aqueous perchlorate solutions on Mars

Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 371-377

  Gough, R V ^a   Chevrier, V F ^b   Baustian, K J ^a   Wise, M E ^a   Tolbert, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliquescence; Efflorescence; Mars; Perchlorate; Phoenix; Water

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS PHASE; CRYSTALLINE SOLIDS; DELIQUESCENCE; DIURNAL TEMPERATURES; ENVIRONMENTAL CELLS; HYDRATION STATE; LABORATORY STUDIES; LIQUID TRANSITION; LOW LATITUDES; LOW TEMPERATURES; MARS; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE SALT; PERCHLORATE SOLUTIONS; PHOENIX; RAMAN MICROSCOPE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SALT SOLUTION; SUPERSATURATED SOLUTIONS; TEMPERATURE CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DRYING; EFFLORESCENCE; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; LIQUIDS; SALTS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; WATER; WATER VAPOR;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE;

CRYSTALLIZATION; INHIBITION; LABORATORY METHOD; MARS; PERCHLORATE; PHASE TRANSITION; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 81355138327     PISSN: 0012821X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2011.10.026     Document Type: Article

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