TECHNIQUES FOR IDENTIFICATION HANDLING AND ANALYSIS OF EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL PARTICLES.
Abstract
A technique is described for inflight shadowing of collected upper atmosphere particles which enables the discrimination of contamination particles from extra-terrestrial particles. A method of transferring sub-micron particles from the electron microscope substrates to beryllium discs for chemical analysis employing the electron probe is also described. Electron microscopic examination of samples from a rocket collection and size distribution of the collected particles is presented and evaluated. Electron probe qualitative analysis of a number of collected particles after transfer to a beryllium disc has demonstrated the feasibility of this technique as an aid in particle identification. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Apr 30, 1964
- Accession Number
- AD0603964
Entities
People
- M. Plansky
- R. F. Carnevale