DESCRIPTION |
Titan has a diverse range of materials in its atmosphere and on its surface: the simple organics that reside in various phases (gas, liquid, ice)
and the solid complex refractory organics that form Titan's haze layers. These materials all actively participate in various physical processes
on Titan, and many material properties are found to be important in shaping these processes. Future in-situ exploration on Titan would likely
encounter a range of materials, and a comprehensive database to archive the material properties of all possible material candidates will be needed.
Here we summarize several important material properties of the organic liquids, ices, and the refractory hazes on Titan that are available in the
literature and/or that we have computed. These properties include thermodynamic properties (phase change points, sublimation and vaporization
saturation vapor pressure, and latent heat), physical property (density), and surface properties (liquid surface tensions and solid surface
energies). We have developed a new database to provide a repository for these data and make them available to the science community. These data
can be used as inputs for various theoretical models to interpret current and future remote sensing and in-situ atmospheric and surface
measurements on Titan. The material properties of the simple organics may also be applicable to giant planets and icy bodies in the outer solar
system, interstellar medium, protoplanetary disks, and exoplanets.
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REFERENCES |
Yu, Xinting, Yue Yu, Julia Garver, Jialin Li, Abigale Hawthorn, Ella Sciamma-O'Brien, Xi Zhang, and Erika Barth (2023). Material Properties of Organic Liquids, Ices, and Hazes on Titan,
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