EAC-1A

Lunar mareGermanyAvailability: requestFidelity: Not extracted yetProducer: European Astronaut Centre

Chemical composition

10 measurements | 10 source tables

Reference	SiO₂wt%	TiO₂wt%	Al₂O₃wt%	FeOₜwt%	FeOwt%	Fe₂O₃wt%	MgOwt%	CaOwt%	Na₂Owt%	K₂Owt%	MnOwt%	Cr₂O₃wt%	P₂O₅wt%	LOIwt%	Totalwt%
Laot (2021) Additive Manufacturing and Spark Plasma Sintering of Lunar Regolith for Functionally Graded Materials	43.70	2.40	12.60	-	-	12.00	11.90	10.80	2.90	1.30	0.20	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note Cannon, n.d.-b. Schleppi et al., 2018)) and the average of the lunar… Method Reported oxide composition Table Table 2 Page Page 4
Castelein (2021) Iron can be microbially extracted from Lunar and Martian regolith simulants and 3D printed into tough structural materials	43.7	2.4	12.6	-	-	12	11.9	10.8	-	1.3	-	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note Major metal oxide composition across Mars locations and regolith… Method Mars-location average, supplier report, or X-ray fluorescence (XRF), as identified by the column header Table Table 2 Page Page 4
Šeško (2024) Oxygen production by solar vapor-phase pyrolysis of lunar regolith simulant	44.41	2.44	12.80	-	0.00	12.20	12.09	10.98	2.95	1.32	0.20	0.00	0.61	-	-
Details Specific note Regolith and regolith simulant geochemical compositions Method Oxide fraction reported as percent by weight from cited sources [21], [22], and [24] Table Table 1 Page Page 2
Collins (2022) Materials characterization of various lunar regolith simulants for use in geopolymer lunar concrete	42^*	2.3^*	10^*	-	-	14^*	13^*	11^*	2.7^*	1^*	0.26^*	0.08^*	0.7^*	2.6^*	-
Details Specific note EAC-1 lunar regolith simulant Method Oxide-composition measurement Table Table 3 Page Page 5
Rohde (2022) Dissolution and electrolysis of lunar regolith in ionic liquids	43.9	2.3	10.8	13.8	-	-	12.6	10.8	3.6	1.1	-	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note Major oxide fraction in lunar regolith types and EAC-1 Method Apollo/Luna mission samples: analysis reported by Freitas and Gilbreath (1980). EAC-1: energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy and X-ray fluorescence (unpublished results) Source basis Literature or reference table Table Table 1 Page Page 2
Figueira (2025) Biomining of lunar regolith simulant EAC-1 A with the fungus Penicillium simplicissimum	44.35	2.4	12.6	-	11.35	-	11.9	10.8	2.9	-	11.9	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note Apollo 17 sample 70,017 Method Abundance reported by weight percentage Source basis Literature or reference table Table Table 1 Page Page 2
Nieke (2019) Manufacturing Dense Thick Films of Lunar Regolith Simulant EAC-1 at Room Temperature	43.7	2.40	12.6	-	-	12.00	11.90	10.80	2.90	1.30	0.20	-	0.60	-	98.40
Details Specific note Chemical composition of EAC-1 as specified by the suppliers Method Supplier-specified chemical composition, Table Table 1 Page Page 3
Zemeny (2024) The Luna Analog Facility testbeds (ESA, EAC): contemporary characterization work of highland (lunar) and mare (EAC-1) lunar regolith simulants	42.1–42.3	2.1	11.2	-	-	-	13.1–13.8	10.4	2.8–2.9	-	-	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note As-received / baseline Method Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emission Spectrometry (ICP-OES); X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Page Page 3
Ginés-Palomares (2023) Material aspects of sintering of EAC-1A lunar regolith simulant	43.7	2.1	-	-	-	-	14.3	-	2.8	1.0	-	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note As-received / baseline Method X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Page Page 2
Engelschiøn (2020) EAC-1A: A novel large-volume lunar regolith simulant	43.7	2.4	-	-	-	-	11.9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Details Specific note As-received / baseline Method X-ray fluorescence (XRF) Page Page 4

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Static Geotechnical Characterization of Lunar Soil Simulants