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Considerations on the planned use of a scientific balance on Mars

Part II. Choice of the balance

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The balance is the most widely used complex measuring instrument in science and techniques. To install a balance on Mars is a challenge for numerous aspects of in situ measurements in the next decade. By means of a balance useful parameters could be determined and a variety of investigations could be carried out there. Possible applications of a balance on Mars are reviewed. Choice of type and demands on the balance with regard to the conditions on Mars are discussed. The first step is to test a load cell with strain gauge deflection sensor.

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  1. Institut für Anorganische Chemie und Analytische Chemie der Johannes Gutenberg-Universität, Mainz, Germany, 55099, Duesbergweg 10-14

    E. Robens

  2. DLR Institut für Planetenforschung, Berlin, Germany, 12489, Rutherfordstr. 2

    D. Möhlmann

  3. Zentrum für Sorption und Reaktion an Feststoffen im Institut für Nichtklassische Chemie e.V., Leipzig, Germany, 04318, Permoserstr. 15

    R. Staudt

  4. Technische Universität, Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 14109, Bergstr. 1

    Th. Gast

  5. Sartorius AG, Göttingen, Germany, 37075, Weender Landstrasse 94-108

    M. Eger

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Robens, E., Möhlmann, D., Gast, T. et al. Considerations on the planned use of a scientific balance on Mars. J Therm Anal Calorim 86, 27–29 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-7573-7

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