Production of iron nanoparticles by laser irradiation in a simulation of lunar-like space weathering

Nature

Volumn 410, Issue 6828, 2001, Pages 555-557

  Sasaki, Sho ^a   Nakamura, Keiko ^b   Hamabe, Yoshimi ^a   Kurahashi, Erika ^a   Hiroi, Takahiro ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; IRON; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; METEORITES; OLIVINE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PLANETARY SURFACE ANALYSIS; SOLAR SYSTEM; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR DEPOSITION; WEATHERING;

LUNAR REGOLITH GRAINS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

HYDROGEN; IRON; NANOPARTICLE;

ASTEROID; CHEMICAL WEATHERING; IRON; LASER METHOD; LUNAR METEORITE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; LASER; MOON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REDUCTION; ROCK; SIMULATION; SPECTRUM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VAPOR;

ASTEROIDEA;

EID: 0035967122     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35069013     Document Type: Article

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