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OB-1 | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Simulants

OB-1

Lunar highlandCanadaAvailability: not producedFidelity: Not extracted yetProducer: University of Waterloo

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Chemical composition

3 measurements | 2 source tables

Reference	SiO₂wt%	TiO₂wt%	Al₂O₃wt%	FeOwt%	Fe₂O₃wt%	MgOwt%	CaO

Anbazhagan (2021) A lunar soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for the lunar exploration programme of the Indian Space Research Organisation	48.40^*	00.08^*	31.60^*	-	01.33^*	00.35^*	15.40^*	02.47^*	00.08^*	<0.01^*	<0.01^*	-
Details Specific note Major-oxide chemical composition Method Chemical-composition measurement Table Table 4 Page Page 9
Anbazhagan (2021) A lunar soil simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for the lunar exploration programme of the Indian Space Research Organisation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ryu (2015) Basic Study for a Korean Lunar Simulant (KLS-1) Development	46.6^*	0.115^*	21.55^*	5.08^*

Property literature coverage for OB-1

Peer-reviewed scientific publications reporting measurements, characterization methods, and experimental evidence for OB-1.

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Physical properties

Particle, density, pore, optical, transport, acoustic, and agglutinate coverage.

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Papers

3 papers with accepted evidence

Static Geotechnical Characterization of Lunar Soil Simulants

D. Joshi, T. Newson, G. R. Osinski | 2026 | Aerospace

DOI 10.3390/aerospace13060527

Maximum bulk densityMinimum bulk densityParticle densityParticle shapeParticle sizeVoid ratio

Simulants: OB-1

Open paper

Lunar Regolith Simulant User’s Guide: Revision A

A. Slabic, J. E. Gruener, R. N. Kovtun, D. L. Rickman, L. Sibille, H. A. Oravec, J. Edmunson, S. Keprta | 2010 | NASA Technical Memorandum

DOI pending

Cohesive strengthParticle shapeParticle size distributionShear strength

Simulants: OB-1

Experiments and methods: Shear testing

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Extant and Extinct Lunar Regolith Simulants: Modal Analyses of NU-LHT-1M and -2M, OB-1, JSC-1, JSC-1A and -1AF, FJS-1, and MLS-1

C. Schrader, D. Rickman, C. McLemore, J. Fikes, S. Wilson, D. Stoeser, A. Butcher, P. Botha | 2008 | Planetary and Terrestrial Mining Symposium (PTMSS)

DOI pending

Particle shape

Simulants: OB-1

Experiments and methods: Particle shape analysis

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