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Moessbauer search for ferric oxide phases in lunar materials and simulated lunar materialsMoessbauer studies were carried out on lunar fines and on simulated lunar glasses containing magnetic-like precipitates with the primary objective of determining how much, if any, ferric oxide is present in the lunar soils. Although unambiguous evidence of lunar Fe(3+) phases was not obtained, an upper limit was estimated from different portions of the Moessbauer spectra to be between 0.1 and 0.4 wt.% (as Fe3O4). A smaller than 62 microns fraction of 15021,118 showed 0.5 wt.% ferromagnetic iron at 300 K in as-returned condition. After heating to 650 C in an evacuated, sealed quartz tube for 1400 hours, the same sample exhibited 1 wt.% ferromagnetic iron at room temperature. An accompanying decrease in excess absorption area near zero velocity was noted. Thus, the result of the vacuum heat treatment was to convert fine grained iron to larger particles, apparently without the oxidation effects commonly reported.
Document ID
19740040241
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Proceedings
Authors
Forester, D. W.
(U.S. Navy, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington D.C., United States)
Date Acquired
August 7, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1973
Subject Category
Space Sciences
Meeting Information
Meeting: Lunar Science Conference
Location: Houston, TX
Start Date: March 5, 1973
End Date: March 8, 1973
Accession Number
74A22991
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NASA ORDER T-4735-A
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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