Persistent Chemical Reactivity of Quartz Generated by Mechanical Grinding Relevant to Lunar Dust Activation and Toxicity Studies

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Mar 2010

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2010lpi....41.2672r&link_type=abstract

41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, held March 1-5, 2010 in The Woodlands, Texas. LPI Contribution No. 1533, p.2672

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We used mechanical grinding to generate radicals in silica, as a model
for lunar dust. We observed persistence of these radicals for more than
seven weeks, in contrast to previous reports of 30 hours, a finding that
may have implications for lunar dust toxicity and ISRU.

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