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Solar sintering | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Needs reviewLiterature-derived experiment

Solar sintering

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

80%

Confidence

1

Literature sources

6

Linked simulants

25

Linked properties

Record profile

Measurement type

thermal

Application

Experiment

Primary source

Sintering lunar regolith pellets: a comparison of four samples from Apollo 11, 15, and 16

Review state

needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-2Asubject of prior electrolysis studiesNeeds review LHS-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review EAC-1AtestedNeeds review TUBS-MSimulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

Related properties

Particle morphologyimaged by SEM100%Mineralogycharacterized by XRD100%Sintering responsetested across different sintering temperatures70%Particle sizemeasured100%porositymeasured100%

Evidence snippets

Feasibility study and prospects analysis of lunar regolith forming based on concentrated solar energy Acta Astronaut. 232 2025 424 438

Source literature

Main reference: Sintering lunar regolith pellets: a comparison of four samples from Apollo 11, 15, and 16

B. A. Lomax, G. Charpentier, A. Nizet, A. Rützler, A. Kahan, F. McDonald, R. Lindner, J. D. Carpenter | 2025 | Materials Today Advances

DOI 10.1016/j.mtadv.2025.100620

Extraction state

80%

1 source

Needs review

Back to experiments

KLS-1microwave-sintered lunar regolith simulantNeeds review

LHS-1Dlunar regolith simulantNeeds review

DensificationAchieved through millimeter-scale energy beam melting

90%

Thermal propertiesUsed in studies to mimic the properties of actual lunar regolith for testing and development of additive manufacturing techniques in space environments.100%

sintering temperature1000 C to 1150 C100%

3D particle shapemeasured by X-ray computed tomography70%

Chemical StabilityResistant to lunar environment95%

sample maturityinfluence on sintering behavior100%

average oxide melting pointcalculated for each sample95%