The Specific Heat of Astro-materials: Review of Theoretical Concepts, Materials, and Techniques.

ABSTRACT: We provide detailed background, theoretical and practical, on the specific heat of minerals and mixtures thereof, 'astro-materials,' as well as background information on common minerals and other relevant solid substances found on the surfaces of solar system bodies. Furthermore, we demonstrate how to use specific heat and composition data for lunar samples and meteorites as well as a new database of endmember mineral heat capacities (the result of an extensive literature review) to construct reference models for the isobaric specific heat c _P as a function of temperature for common solar system materials. Using a (generally linear) mixing model for the specific heat of minerals allows extrapolation of the available data to very low and very high temperatures, such

SUBMITTER: Biele J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9343321 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature