Measuring water content of martian soil simulants using planar four-probes

M. G. Buehler; T. A. Sant; E. Brizendine; D. Keymeulen; G. M. Kuhlman; M. G. Schaap; S. Seshadri; R. C. Anderson

doi:10.1109/AERO.2005.1559355

Measuring water content of martian soil simulants using planar four-probes

M. G. Buehler, T. A. Sant, E. Brizendine, D. Keymeulen, G. M. Kuhlman, M. G. Schaap, S. Seshadri, R. C. Anderson

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A miniature four-point probe instrument has been developed and applied to the characterization of the moisture content of the Martian soil simulants using fine and coarse silica sand and Moses Lake basalt. The results indicate that the soil resistivity varies over four orders of magnitude as the moisture content varied from 0.1% to over 10%. In addition it was found that forcing too much current through the sand sample resulted in a curious breakdown in the current-voltage characteristic.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Proceedings - 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2005.1559355
State	Published - 2005
Externally published	Yes
Event	2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference - Big Sky, MT, United States Duration: Mar 5 2005 → Mar 12 2005

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Name	IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings
Volume	2005
ISSN (Print)	1095-323X

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Other	2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference
Country/Territory	United States
City	Big Sky, MT
Period	3/5/05 → 3/12/05

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Aerospace Engineering
Space and Planetary Science

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Buehler, MG, Sant, TA, Brizendine, E, Keymeulen, D, Kuhlman, GM, Schaap, MG, Seshadri, S & Anderson, RC 2005, Measuring water content of martian soil simulants using planar four-probes. in Proceedings - 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference., 1559355, IEEE Aerospace Conference Proceedings, vol. 2005, 2005 IEEE Aerospace Conference, Big Sky, MT, United States, 3/5/05. https://doi.org/10.1109/AERO.2005.1559355

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