Experimental Investigation of Space Radiation Processing in Lunar Soil Ilmenite: Combining Perspectives from Surface Science and Transmission Electron Microscopy
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ILMENITE: COMBINING PERSPECTIVES FROM SURFACE SCIENCE AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY. R. Christoffersen 1,2 , L. P. Keller 1 , C. Dukes 3 , Z. Rahman 1,2 and R. Baragiola 3 , 1 ARES, Mail Code KR, NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, TX, 77058, [email protected], 2 Jacobs Technology, ESCG, Mail Code JE23, Houston, TX, 77058, 3 Laboratory for Atomic and Surface Physics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22904.
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