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Rapid contamination during storage of carbonaceous chondrites prepared for micro FTIR measurements
Authors:Yoko KEBUKAWA  Satoru NAKASHIMA  Takahiro OTSUKA  Keiko NAKAMURA‐MESSENGER  Michael E ZOLENSKY
Institution:1. Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, 1‐1 Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560‐0043, Japan;2. Astromaterials Research and Exploration Science, KT, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas 77058, USA
Abstract:Abstract— Organic contamination (?2965 and ?1260 cm?1peaks) was found on Tagish Lake (C2) and Murchison (CM2) carbonaceous chondrites containing abundant hydrous minerals by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microspectroscopy on the samples pressed on Al plates. On the other hand, anhydrous chondrite (Moss, CO3) was not contaminated. This contamination occurred within one day of storage, when the samples pressed on Al were stored within containers including silicone rubber mats. Volatile molecules having similar peaks to the contaminants were detected by long‐path gas cell FTIR measurements for the silicone rubber mat. Rapid adsorption of the volatile contaminants also occurred when silica gel and hydrous minerals such as serpentine were stored in containers including silicone rubber, silicone grease, or adhesive tape. However, they did not show any contamination when stored in glass and polystyrene containers without these compounds. Therefore, precious astronomical samples such as meteorites, interplanetary dust particles (IDPs), and mission‐returned samples from comets, asteroids, and Mars, should be measured by micro FTIR within one day of storage in glass containers without silicone rubber, silicone grease, or adhesive tape.
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