Shock compression and adiabatic release of lunar fines from Apollo 17An experimental investigation was conducted with the objective to obtain quantitative bounds, in terms of shock pressure and hence meteoroid impact velocity, concerning the conditions required to compact and lithify lunar fines. The measured pressure-particle velocity release states provide a basis for the determination of the approximate values of shock pressure associated with various postshock volumes and temperatures concomitant with solid-state vitrification and thermal melting. The implications of the obtained results for the study of regolith evolution are discussed.
Document ID
19750055615
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Ahrens, T. J.
Cole, D. M. (California Institute of Technology Pasadena, Calif., United States)