Once the sample was delivered to the CheMin, it will be subjected to X-Ray diffraction.
The samples were then tested on the Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) and Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments.
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The CheMin instrument will use X-rays to determine how the atoms in the rock are arranged within its structure.
The rest will be sorted to a size and volume that can be put inside Curiosity's Chemin and Sam labs.
CheMin will use X-rays to examine the atomic structure of the rock.
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He hopes to have some Chemin and Sam results to report next month at the Lunar and Planetary Science Conference in Texas.
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From there, the powder will be sorted to the correct volume and particle size to go in the robot's Chemin and Sam labs.
"We may alter our temperatures depending on what they see in Chemin, " Paul Mahaffy, the principal investigator on Sam, told the BBC on Friday.
Once this procedure is complete, a tiny sample will be delivered to the onboard labs, Sam and CheMin, to run chemical and mineralogical analyses.
He said the drilling operations would attempt in the coming weeks to acquire samples from the veins and the concretions for study in the robot's CheMin and Sam labs.
From CHIMRA, the samples will be sieved and delivered to two different instruments: the Chemistry and Mineralogy ( CheMin) instrument and the Sample Analysis at Mars ( SAM) instrument.
Well, after scooping up some loose sand, Curiosity's Sample Analysis at Mars (SAM) suite and the Chemistry and Mineralogy (CheMin) instruments found a menagerie of chemicals, including sulfur, chlorine, and traces of carbon-based materials.
Another way to appreciate their work is on the Le Chemin du Fauvisme, a path through and above the town where 20 replicas of Matisse and Derain are placed in the same spots the artists painted them.
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