The kinetics of lunar glass formation, revisited

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Crystal Growth, Crystallization, Glass, Lunar Rocks, Nucleation, Cooling, Frequency Measurement, Lunar Composition, Rates (Per Time), Temperature Effects, Time Dependence

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The nucleation frequency of Lunar Composition 70019, a lithified soil breccia from the center of a small crater in the Taurus-Littrow Valley, is determined using a relation that describes nucleation throughout the volume of a liquid together with measurements of the time required at temperatures of 780 to 930 C to obtain sensibly crystalline bodies. Curves indicating the time required at a given temperature to reach a particular fraction crystallized are shown to have the general form predicted by kinetic analysis. Nucleation frequencies are evaluated by applying such analysis to a curve representing the transition between glassy material and material with a sensible degree of crystallinity. The results obtained are found to be in excellent agreement with the values expected from the classical theory of homogeneous nucleation, indicating that such nucleation represents the dominant contribution to crystal formation, at least over the range of undercoolings covered (250 to 400 C).

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