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Fig. 4

From: Methods and tools for handling, transportation, weighing, and pelletization applied to the initial analysis of volatile components in the Hayabusa2 samples

Fig. 4

Schematic diagram of the pelletization operation. a. A stainless-steel holder (shown as 1 cm SS-holder) was installed on the pelletization base and fixed using M1.2 (ϕ1.2) screws. b. The diamond and Cu disks were set on the pelletization base and fixed using the disk-clamping plate and M1.2 screws. A sample was placed against the Cu disk. c. The top plate was fixed using M4 screws. The sample was pressed against the diamond disk with a metal bead using the M4 pressing screw. d. Schematic diagram of the Cu disk holding the pelletized sample

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