Contact charging of lunar and Martian dust simulants

Journal of Geophysical Research: Planets

Volumn 107, Issue 11, 2002, Pages

  Sternovsky, Zoltán ^a   Robertson, Scott ^a   Sickafoose, Amanda ^a   Colwell, Joshua ^a   Horányi, Mihály ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact charging; Dust; Lunar dust; Martian dust; Work function

Indexed keywords

DUST; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; LUNAR SOIL; MARS; REGOLITH; SPACE;

EID: 0037176043     PISSN: 01480227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2002je001897     Document Type: Article

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