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Two Lunar Mare Soil Simulants
Author(s) -
LI Yongquan,
LIU Jianzhong,
ZOU Yongliao,
OUYANG Ziyuan,
ZHENG Yongchun,
YUE Zongyu
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
acta geologica sinica ‐ english edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.444
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1755-6724
pISSN - 1000-9515
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-6724.2011.00536.x
Subject(s) - lunar soil , basalt , apollo , lunar mare , cohesion (chemistry) , geology , soil water , environmental science , geochemistry , astrobiology , earth science , mineralogy , soil science , chemistry , physics , zoology , organic chemistry , biology
Two new lunar mare soil simulants, NAO‐2 and NAO‐3, have been created in National Astronomical Observatories (NAO), Chinese Academy of Sciences. These two simulants were produced from low‐titanium basalt and high‐titanium basalt respectively. The chemical composition, mineralogy, particle size distribution, density, angle of internal friction, and cohesion of both simulants have been analyzed, indicating that some characteristics of NAO‐2 and NAO‐3 are similar to those of Apollo 14 and Apollo 11 landing site soils. NAO‐2 and NAO‐3 will be of great benefit to the scientific and engineering research on lunar soil.