Characterization of lunar dust and a synopsis of available lunar simulants

Planetary and Space Science

Volumn 59, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 1769-1783

  Liu, Yang ^a   Taylor, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical; Dust; Grain shape; Grain size; Moon; Surface

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSTATIC CHARGING; GRAIN SHAPE; GRAIN SIZE; LUNAR DUST; LUNAR SIMULANT; LUNAR SOIL; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SCIENCE ACTIVITIES;

CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; CHEMICALS; DUST; ELECTROSTATICS; MOON; SOILS; SURFACES;

LUNAR MISSIONS;

EID: 80053628681     PISSN: 00320633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pss.2010.11.007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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