Producing volatiles from Asteroid simulants: Preliminary results
Abstract
A range of materials representative of carbonaceous near-Earth asteroids was subjected to stepwise heating in vacuum to investigate volatiles release and capture behavior in space. Results show that most of the mass lost during heating is predictable by well-known reactions: dehydroxylation, dehydration, and pyrolysis. Cryotrapping was shown to effectively capture the volatiles produced. These findings form a base for additional investigations, so that the trade space of potential processes for extracting volatile compounds from carbonaceous solar system bodies can be explored effectively.
Recommended Citation
L. S. Gertsch and E. Unobe and M. E. Schlesinger and A. Abbud-Madrid and C. B. Dreyer and J. C. Sercel and R. Jedicke and A. N. Krot and D. L. Linne and J. G. Mantovani, "Producing volatiles from Asteroid simulants: Preliminary results," Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Space Resource Utilization (2017, Grapevine, TX), American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc (AIAA), Jan 2017.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2017-0652
Meeting Name
10th Symposium on Space Resource Utilization (2017: Jan. 9-13, Grapevine, TX)
Department(s)
Geosciences and Geological and Petroleum Engineering
Second Department
Materials Science and Engineering
Keywords and Phrases
Asteroids; Vacuum applications; Volatile organic compounds; Cryotrapping; Dehydroxylations; In-vacuum; Near-earth asteroids; Stepwise heating; Trade space; Volatile compounds; Earth (planet)
International Standard Book Number (ISBN)
978-1624104541
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Inc (AIAA), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2017
