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Optimum moisture content test | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Needs reviewLiterature-derived experiment

Optimum moisture content test

geotechnical linked to Experiment, with source literature and related extracted records kept visible.

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Confidence

1

Literature sources

11

Linked simulants

28

Linked properties

Record profile

Measurement type

geotechnical

Application

Experiment

Primary source

Development of a novel lunar highland soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) and its geotechnical properties for Chandrayaan missions

Review state

needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-1Asubject_of_studyNeeds review FJS-1testedNeeds review NU-LHT-2MmentionedNeeds review TJ-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

Related properties

Particle morphologyimaged by SEM100%Chemical compositionanalyzed by SEM-EDS100%Bulk chemistrySiO2: 46.9% (LMS-1), 42.8% (BPY-N), 41.3% (Apollo 11); Al2 O3: 12.4% (LMS-1), 11.5% (BPY-N), 13.7% (Apollo 11); FeO: 8.6% (LMS-1), / (BPY-N), 15.8% (Apollo 11); Fe2 O3: / (LMS-1),100%Particle size distributionDv (10) = 6 m; Dv (50) = 131 m; Dv (90) = 432 m100%CompositionSiO2 represents 42.8 wt% of the BPY-N sample, where Si represents 21.5 mol% of BPY-N

Evidence snippets

Table 8 Summary of test results of lunar highland simulant LSS-ISAC-1.

Source literature

Main reference: Development of a novel lunar highland soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) and its geotechnical properties for Chandrayaan missions

I. Venugopal, T. Prabu, K. Muthukkumaran, M. Annadurai | 2020 | Planetary and Space Science

DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2020.105116

Extraction state

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1 source

Needs review

Back to experiments

NAO-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

KLS-1microwave-sintered lunar regolith simulantNeeds review

CAS-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

LSS-ISAC-1lunar highland simulantNeeds review

GRC-3Lunar mare soil simulantNeeds review

BP-1Lunar mare soil simulantNeeds review

DNA-1ASimulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

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Bulk density0.99 g/cm³100%

Tapped density1.18 g/cm³100%

Shear strengthmeasured by direct shear or shear-box testing100%

relative density38% to 43%100%

geotechnical propertiesmeasured100%

Grain Size DistributionCE-5 Lunar Regolith100%

CompressibilityVaries by simulant100%