Bundle Information
IDENTIFIER urn:nasa:pds:gbo.meteorites.friability::1.0
NAME Friability of Meteorites V1.0
TYPE Archive
DESCRIPTION This bundle contains the complete experimental dataset and visual documentation from the friability analysis of seven meteorites: Richardton (H5), Tamdakht (H5), Zhob (H3/4), New Concord (L6), Allende (CV3), Murchison (CM2), and Aguas Zarcas (CM2). The dataset records the mass retained in each sieve bin after successive tumbling stages of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and 100,000 revolutions, performed using the PTF-100 friability tester. All measurements were conducted according to the USP 1216 friability standard, using a 28.7 cm diameter drum that rotated at 25 rpm. Corresponding sieve sizes are 2000, 841, 400, 250, 177, 125, 63, 37, and 0.1. The data quantify the progressive mechanical disaggregation and redistribution of fragment sizes across increasing revolution counts, providing a quantitative basis for modeling the friability of meteorites. Seven chondritic meteorites representing diverse lithologies. The archive enables reproduction of all plots and calculations related to the evolution of friability as a bounded, multiplicative process, and provides a benchmark for linking laboratory comminution to asteroid surface processes.
SEARCH/ACCESS DATA Friability of Meteorites V1.0 Online
   
Citation
DIGITAL OBJECT IDENTIFIER (DOI) 10.26033/z0bp-je06
AUTHORS Suraj Bhatt

Laurence A. J. Garvie

Christian G. Hoover
EDITORS
PUBLICATION YEAR 2025
DESCRIPTION This bundle contains the complete experimental dataset and visual documentation from the friability analysis of seven meteorites: Richardton (H5), Tamdakht (H5), Zhob (H3/4), New Concord (L6), Allende (CV3), Murchison (CM2), and Aguas Zarcas (CM2). The dataset records the mass retained in each sieve bin after successive tumbling stages of 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000, and 100,000 revolutions, performed using the PTF-100 friability tester. All measurements were conducted according to the USP 1216 friability standard, using a 28.7 cm diameter drum that rotated at 25 rpm. Corresponding sieve sizes are 2000, 841, 400, 250, 177, 125, 63, 37, and 0.1. The data quantify the progressive mechanical disaggregation and redistribution of fragment sizes across increasing revolution counts, providing a quantitative basis for modeling the friability of meteorites. Seven chondritic meteorites representing diverse lithologies. The archive enables reproduction of all plots and calculations related to the evolution of friability as a bounded, multiplicative process, and provides a benchmark for linking laboratory comminution to asteroid surface processes.
   
Context
START DATE TIME 1965-01-01T12:00:00.000Z
STOP DATE TIME N/A (ongoing)
LOCAL MEAN SOLAR TIME
LOCAL TRUE SOLAR TIME
SOLAR LONGITUDE
PRIMARY RESULT PURPOSE Science
PRIMARY RESULT PROCESSING LEVEL Derived
PRIMARY RESULT DESCRIPTION
PRIMARY RESULT WAVELENGTH RANGE
PRIMARY RESULT DOMAIN
PRIMARY RESULT DISCIPLINE NAME
INVESTIGATION No Specific Investigation
OBSERVING SYSTEM
OBSERVING SYSTEM COMPONENT EM3 Lab
PTF 100 Friability Tester
TARGET Aguas Zarcas
New Concord
Murchison
Zhob
Richardton
Tamdakht
Allende
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Collections
DATA COLLECTION Data collection for Friability of Meteorites V1.0
DOCUMENT COLLECTION Document collection for Friability of Meteorites V1.0