Quantification of water content by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on Mars

Rapin, W.; Meslin, P. -Y.; Maurice, S.; Wiens, R. C.; Laporte, D.; Chauviré, B.; Gasnault, O.; Schröder, S.; Beck, P.; Bender, S.; Beyssac, O.; Cousin, A.; Dehouck, E.; Drouet, C.; Forni, O.; Nachon, M.; Melikechi, N.; Rondeau, B.; Mangold, N.; Thomas, N. H.

doi:10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.007

Quantification of water content by laser induced breakdown spectroscopy on Mars

Journal Article · Sun Feb 12 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sab.2017.02.007· OSTI ID:1356155

Rapin, W. ^[1]; Meslin, P. -Y. ^[1]; Maurice, S. ^[1]; Wiens, R. C. ^[2]; Laporte, D. ^[3]; Chauviré, B. ^[4]; Gasnault, O. ^[1]; Schröder, S. ^[1]; Beck, P. ^[5]; Bender, S. ^[2]; Beyssac, O. ^[6]; Cousin, A. ^[1]; Dehouck, E. ^[7]; Drouet, C. ^[8]; Forni, O. ^[1]; Nachon, M. ^[4]; Melikechi, N. ^[9]; Rondeau, B. ^[4]; Mangold, N. ^[4]; Thomas, N. H. ^[10]

Univ. of Toulouse (France). UPS-OMP; Research Inst. in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP), Toulouse (France). CNRS
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Blaise Pascal Univ., Clermont-Ferrand (France). CNRS. IRD. OPGC. Lab. Magma and Volcanoes
Lab. of Planetology and Geodynamics, Nantes (France). CNRS
Grenoble Alpes Univ., Grenoble (France)
Pierre and Marie Curie Univ. (Sorbonne), Paris (France). Inst. of Mineralogy. CNRS
Research Inst. in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP), Toulouse (France). CNRS
National Inst. of Chemical and Technological Arts (ENSIACET), Toulouse (France). CIRIMAT Carnot Inst.
Delaware State Univ., Dover, DE (United States). Optical Science Center for Applied Research
California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States). Division of Geological and Planetary Sciences

Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), as performed by the ChemCam instrument, provides a new technique to measure hydrogen at the surface of Mars. Using a laboratory replica of the LIBS instrument onboard the Curiosity rover, different types of hydrated samples (basalts, calcium and magnesium sulfates, opals and apatites) covering a range of targets observed on Mars have been characterized and analyzed in this paper. A number of factors related to laser parameters, atmospheric conditions and differences in targets properties can affect the standoff LIBS signal, and in particular the hydrogen emission peak. Dedicated laboratory tests were run to identify a normalization of the hydrogen signal which could best compensate for these effects and enable the application of the laboratory calibration to Mars data. We check that the hydrogen signal increases linearly with water content; and normalization of the hydrogen emission peak using to oxygen and carbon emission peaks (related to the breakdown of atmospheric carbon dioxide) constitutes a robust approach. Finally, moreover, the calibration curve obtained is relatively independent of the samples types.

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Research Organization:: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Centre for Space Studies (CNES) (France); Paul Sabatier Univ. (France); USDOE

Contributing Organization:: Blaise Pascal Univ., Clermont-Ferrand (France); California Inst. of Technology (CalTech), Pasadena, CA (United States); Delaware State Univ., Dover, DE (United States); Grenoble Alpes Univ., Grenoble (France); Lab. of Planetology and Geodynamics, Nantes (France); Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); National Inst. of Chemical and Technological Arts (ENSIACET), Toulouse (France); Pierre and Marie Curie Univ. (Sorbonne), Paris (France)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-06NA25396

OSTI ID:: 1356155

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 22755420

Report Number(s):: LA-UR-17-22202

Journal Information:: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy, Journal Name: Spectrochimica Acta. Part B, Atomic Spectroscopy Vol. 130; ISSN 0584-8547

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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