A group at NASA Glenn has a desire to produce and study iron sulfides.  The one iron sulfide in particular is troilite.  Troilite is unusual in the fact that it is not found here on Earth (or very little of it is found here).  However, it is more abundant in meteorites from the Moon and possibly Mars.  This is of extreme importance to NASA to be able to produce and study this iron sulfide to see how it will interact with space suits and other space equipment.  An easy way to produce the iron sulfides is through the thermal decomposition of iron dithiocarbamates.  We are planning on studying the decomposition pathways of many iron dithiocarbamate complexesusing a TGA (Thermogravimetric Analyzer).  Using this instrument, we will be able to monitor the mass loss of the sample with change in temperature.

Studying the thermal decomposition pathway of iron dithiocarbamates with TGA

239th National Meeting (2010)

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