Abstract

A simulator of lunar soil and lunar dust has been developed, designed for modeling various engineering processes in terrestrial conditions. The elemental and granulometric compositions of the simulator were studied using X-ray fluorescence analysis, scanning electron microscopy and laser light scattering. The resulting material will be used in the future to simulate thermophysical processes when creating lunar power generating plants. The finely dispersed component of the simulator based on basalt wool will be used to study the filtration of lunar dust.

Details

Title
Development of a lunar soil simulator for Earth-based experiments
Author
Alexandrov, P A 1 ; Vasiliev, A L 1 ; Kalechits, V I 1 ; Kapustin, Yu V 1 ; Klyuev, V V 1 ; P Yu Makaveev 1 ; Patsaev, T D 1 ; Shakhov, M N 1 

 NRC Kurchatov Institute , Moscow, Akademik Kurchatov Sq.1 
First page
012029
Publication year
2022
Publication date
Mar 2022
Publisher
IOP Publishing
ISSN
17426588
e-ISSN
17426596
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2642477683
Copyright
Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.