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Science 11 March 1977:
Vol. 195. no. 4282, pp. 977 - 979
DOI: 10.1126/science.195.4282.977
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Lunar Soil: Iron and Titanium Bands in the Glass Fraction

ED WELLS 1 and BRUCE HAPKE 1

1 Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260

A study of absorption bands in simulated lunar glasses resulted in the discovery of a Ti4+-O2– charge transfer band at 0.26 micrometer and two Fe2+-Ti4+ bands at 0.34 and 0.42 micrometer. These results indicate that the properties of lunar soil are somewhat affected by the glass content but are controlled by other factors.

Submitted on June 16, 1976
Revised on October 27, 1976


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