Laboratory experiments of particle size effect in X-ray fluorescence and implications to remote X-ray spectrometry of lunar regolith surface

Earth, Planets and Space

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 293-297

  Maruyama, Yoko ^a,b   Ogawa, Kazunori ^a,c   Okada, Tatsuaki ^a,d   Kato, Manabu ^a,b,c  

^a JAPAN AEROSPACE EXPLORATION AGENCY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d GRADUATE UNIVERSITY FOR ADVANCED STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elemental composition; Particle size effect; Phase angle; Regolith; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LABORATORY METHOD; LUNAR CRUST; LUNAR SOIL; PARTICLE SIZE; PLANETARY SURFACE; REGOLITH; SATELLITE MISSION; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 46849120000     PISSN: 13438832     EISSN: 18805981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/BF03352794     Document Type: Article

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