NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : The pdf

NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) : The

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The surface iron, titanium, calcium, and silicon concentration in numerous lunar soil and rock samples was determined by Auger electron spectroscopy. All soil samples show a large increase in the iron to oxygen ratio compared with samples of pulverized rock or with results of the bulk chemical analysis. A solar wind simulation experiment using 2 keV energy alpha -particles showed that an ion dose corresponding to approximately 30,000 years of solar wind increased the iron concentration on the surface of the pulverized Apollo 14 rock sample 14310 to the concentration measured in the Apollo 14 soil sample 14163, and the albedo of the pulverized rock decreased from 0.36 to 0.07. The low albedo of the lunar soil is related to the iron + titanium concentration on its surface. A solar wind sputter reduction mechanism is discussed as a possible cause for both the surface chemical and optical properties of the soil

• Creator/s: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS
• Date: 4/1/1976
• Year: 1976
• Book Topics/Themes: NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS), CHEMICAL COMPOSITION, LUNAR SOIL, OPTICAL PROPERTIES, SURFACE PROPERTIES, APOLLO 14 FLIGHT, AUGER SPECTROSCOPY, CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION), IRON, LUNAR SURFACE, SILICON, SOIL SAMPLING, SOLAR WIND, TITANIUM, Gold, T., Bilson, E., Baron, R. L

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