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Science 18 July 1969:
Vol. 165. no. 3890, pp. 277 - 279
DOI: 10.1126/science.165.3890.277
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Chemical Composition of the Lunar Surface in Mare Tranquillitatis

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

1 Enrico Fermi Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60636
2 Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California 91103
3 Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois 60439

More precise and comprehensive analytical results have been derived for lunar material at the Surveyor V landing site from alpha-scattering data. The composition is, in general, basaltic; the low sodium and high titanium contents, however, are distinctly different from the abundances in meteorites or common terrestrial rocks.


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Mossbauer Spectrometry of Lunar Samples.
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Organogenic Elements and Compounds in Surface Samples from the Sea of Tranquillity.
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Chemical Composition of the Lunar Surface in Sinus Medii.
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