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NPD | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Needs reviewLiterature-derived experiment

NPD

Neutron Powder Diffraction linked to Experiment, with source literature and related extracted records kept visible.

100%

Confidence

1

Literature sources

6

Linked simulants

24

Linked properties

Record profile

Measurement type

Neutron Powder Diffraction

Application

Experiment

Primary source

Volatile loss during heating of lunar mare simulants and related compositions

Review state

needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-1Asubject_of_studyNeeds review EAC-1AtestedNeeds review LMS-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review TUBS-MSimulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

Related properties

Melting behaviortested by laser melting or laser powder-bed processing100%Thermal StabilityHigh100%Thermal transition behavioranalyzed by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC)70%thermalthermal stability100%melting onsetdetermined by DSC and NPD90%

Evidence snippets

Fig. 6 In situ NPD of (a) JSC-1A and (b) TUBS-M collected at D20 (ILL).

Here we combine insights from STA and NPD to briefly attribute mass loss in the samples.

Source literature

Main reference: Volatile loss during heating of lunar mare simulants and related compositions

J. Sutherland, K.-U. Hess, T. Bissbort, S. Stapperfend, A. Müller, T. C. Hansen, A. Rack, D. B. Dingwell | 2025 | Chemical Geology

DOI 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.123115

Extraction state

100%

1 source

Needs review

Back to experiments

HUST-1Lunar regolith simulant used to evaluate physical, mechanical, and thermal properties under vacuum sintering conditions.Needs review

OPRL2NTSimulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

decomposition reactionsattributed to thermal analysis

90%

solidus temperatureapparent due to heating rate90%

liquidus temperatureapparent due to heating rate100%

thermal equilibriumnot fully achieved at 15 C/min90%

melt onsetused as a closer approximation of intrinsic temperature90%

mass loss1.785 wt%100%

onset of melting1205100%