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Science 4 October 1968:
Vol. 162. no. 3849, pp. 117 - 118
DOI: 10.1126/science.162.3849.117
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Chemical Analysis of the Moon at the Surveyor VII Landing Site: Preliminary Results

Anthony L. Turkevich 1, Ernest J. Franzgrote 2, and James H. Patterson 3

1 Enrico Fermi Institute and Chemistry Department, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103
3 Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

The alpha-scattering experiment aboard Surveyor VII has provided a chemical analysis of the moon in the area of the crater Tycho. The preliminary results indicate a chemical composition similar to that already found at two mare sites, but with a lower concentration of elements of the iron group (titanium through copper).


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