Lunar surface composition and solar wind-induced secondary ion mass spectrometry

Details Lunar surface composition and solar wind-induced secondary ion mass spectrometry Lunar surface composition and solar wind-induced secondary ion mass spectrometry

Nov 1991

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1991georl..18.2165e&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters (ISSN 0094-8276), vol. 18, Nov. 1991, p. 2165-2168. Research supported by DOE.

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Ion Density (Concentration), Ion Impact, Lunar Surface, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Selenology, Lunar Composition, Lunar Soil, Solar Wind, Sputtering

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The results of laboratory SIMS experiments on lunar soil simulants using solar wind-like ions are reported. It is found that H(+) and He(++), while not efficient sputterers, nevertheless produce significant fluxes of secondary lunar ions, including Na(+), Mg(+), Al(+), Si(+), K(+), Ca(+), Ti(+), Mn(+), and Fe(+). It is predicted that lunar surface secondary-ion fluxes range between 10 and 10,000 ions/sq cm s, depending on the species.

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