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Table 4 Dust lag and diffusion timescales for 1-10 μm palagonite series

From: Experimental and theoretical simulation of sublimating dusty water ice with implications for D/H ratios of water ice on Comets and Mars

Run

H 2 O Eq Layer

Estimated Lag

C KOSI

Mantle

R 2

Effective Pore

  

Thickness

( m kg -1 s -0.5 )

Diffusivity

 

Radius *

7

536.8 μm

6.78 μm

1.3 × 1019

2.0 × 10-7m2s-1

0.95

2.8 × 10-10m

8A

421.3 μm

16.3 μm

2.8 × 1018

2.9 × 10-8m2s-1

0.76

4.0 × 10-11m

8B

325.4 μm

12.5 μm

1.6 × 1018

8.9 × 10-9m2s-1

0.79

1.2 × 10-11m

9

408.8 μm

32.6 μm

1.9 × 1018

2.5 × 10-8m2s-1

0.77

3.5 × 10-11m

10

250.2 μm

30.9 μm

1.2 × 1018

1.5 × 10-8m2s-1

0.67

2.1 × 10-11m

11

547.0 μm

228 μm

2.7 × 1018

2.1 × 10-7m2s-1

0.42

2.9 × 10-10m

12

1017 μm

126 μm

5.5 × 1018

3.3 × 10-7m2s-1

0.75

4.5 × 10-10m

  1. *Assuming that the pressure decline can only be explained without considering adsorption