PMID- 19850487
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20100618
LR  - 20100312
IS  - 1872-9800 (Electronic)
IS  - 0969-8043 (Linking)
VI  - 68
IP  - 4-5
DP  - 2010 Apr-May
TI  - Application of radioactive sources in analytical instruments for planetary 
      exploration.
PG  - 542-5
LID - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.011 [doi]
AB  - Radioactive isotopes have been used in analytical instrumentation for planetary 
      exploration since the very beginning of the space age. An Alpha Scattering 
      Instrument (ASI) on board the Surveyor 5, 6 and 7 spacecrafts used the isotope 
      (242)Cm to obtain the chemical composition of the lunar surface material in 
      1960s. The Alpha Proton X-ray Spectrometers (APXS) used on several mission to 
      Mars (Pathfinder, Mars-96, Mars Exploration Rovers (MER) and on the Mars Science 
      Laboratory (MSL), the next mission to Mars in 2011 and on the Rosetta mission to 
      a comet) are improved derivatives of the original ASI, complimented with an X-ray 
      mode and using the longer lived (244)Cm isotope. (57)Co, (55)Fe and many other 
      radioisotopes have been used in several missions carrying XRF and Mossbauer 
      instruments. In addition, (238)Pu isotope is exclusively being used in most of 
      the space missions for heating and power generation.
CI  - Copyright 2009. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
FAU - Economou, Thanasis E
AU  - Economou TE
AD  - Laboratory for Astrophysics and Space Research, Enrico Fermi Institute, 
      University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. tecon@tecon.uchicago.edu
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20090919
PL  - England
TA  - Appl Radiat Isot
JT  - Applied radiation and isotopes : including data, instrumentation and methods for 
      use in agriculture, industry and medicine
JID - 9306253
RN  - 0 (Radioisotopes)
SB  - IM
MH  - Chemistry Techniques, Analytical/*instrumentation
MH  - Chemistry, Analytic
MH  - Equipment Design
MH  - Equipment Failure Analysis
MH  - Radioisotopes/*chemistry
EDAT- 2009/10/24 06:00
MHDA- 2010/06/19 06:00
CRDT- 2009/10/24 06:00
PHST- 2009/10/24 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/10/24 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/06/19 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0969-8043(09)00548-X [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.011 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Appl Radiat Isot. 2010 Apr-May;68(4-5):542-5. doi: 
      10.1016/j.apradiso.2009.09.011. Epub 2009 Sep 19.