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BHLD20 | Lunar Simulant Atlas

BHLD20

Produced to solve the observation that feldspathic components increase in concentration relative to their mafic counterparts with the decrease of grain size

Overview Literature Properties Methods & measurements Applications

Literature

Defining / measurement papers

Sensing technologies for the challenging Lunar environment

E. Chatzitheodoridis, C. D. Georgiou, M. Ferus, E. Kalaitzopoulou, H.-A. Stavrakakis, I. Markopoulos, M. Holynska | 2024 | Advances in Space Research

DOI 10.1016/j.asr.2024.06.033

Needs reviewPDF missing

Methods

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FREYAGrant or Project AdvancedMultiscale Materials for Key Enabling TechnologiesResearch Project gr1Graphic gr2Graphic gr3Graphic gr4Graphic gr5Graphic gr6Graphic gr7Graphic gr8Graphic OxR operation principlesapplication Lanzarote Lunar spacewalk testsapplication Oxygen farming on Marsapplication Robotic arm analysesapplication Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15 Dust Detector Experiments (DDEs)Dust measurement | Lunar dust characterization Apollo 14 Thermal Degradation Samples (TDS)Thermal degradation | Thermal properties Apollo 17 Lunar Ejecta and Meteoroids (LEAM) experimentLunar ejecta and meteoroids | Lunar surface dynamics Lunar exosphereGas composition | Environmental monitoring Free radicals in Lunar regolithReactive species | Material degradation Lunar surface environmentEnvironmental conditions | Mission planning Lunar dust characterizationDust properties | Surface interaction Lunar dust mitigationDust management | Surface interaction Lunar dust propertiesDust characteristics | Surface interaction Lunar dust impactDust effects | Surface interaction

Properties

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Grant or Project NameFREYA90%Project NameAdvancedMultiscale Materials for Key Enabling Technologies80%gr1Graphic95%gr2Graphic95%gr3Graphic95%gr4Graphic95%gr5Graphic95%gr6Graphic95%gr7Graphic95%gr8Graphic95%D/H ratiosmeasured90%mass range1 250 amu90%mass resolving powerm/ m = 30090%SiO2 (s) + H2 OSiOH(s) + OH100%SiO2 (s) + H2 O2SiOH(s) + OH + O2100%

Developing a new controllable lunar dust simulant: BHLD20

H. Sun, M. Yi, Z. Shen, X. Zhang, S. Ma | 2017 | Planetary and Space Science

DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2017.04.010

Needs reviewPDF missing

Methods

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Simulant preparationMaterial synthesis Laser particle analyzer measurementcharacterization TEM image of dried BHLD20characterization SEM image of the dried and well dispersed BHLD20 productcharacterization SEM-EDS microanalysisparticle morphology Glass phase controlmodal abundance muffle furnaceheat treatment

Properties

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particle size distributionPSD of BHLD20 measured by laser particle analyzer100%chemical compositionconsistent with most Apollo lunar dust samples100%modal abundancemodal abundance of BHLD20100%particle dispersionwell dispersed100%shape complexityhigher than lunar dust samples100%aspect ratiosmaller than lunar dust samples100%Total iron oxides7.93 wt%100%SiO2 contentslightly higher than lunar dust samples100%