Investigating the Potential of X-Ray Diffraction Coupled with Evolved Gas Analysis in Our Search for Organic Salts on Mars
Abstract
Organic material on Mars is likely susceptible to destruction and transformation to organic salts like oxalates. This study assesses how such salts, guided by XRD analysis, register through SAM-like pyrolysis in our search for alien organic matter.
- Publication:
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52nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference
- Pub Date:
- March 2021
- Bibcode:
- 2021LPI....52.2138C