The occurrence of solar wind implanted volatiles in the lunar regolith may provide resources to support a lunar settlement and fusion energy on earth in the 21st century. These volatiles include H, He, N, and C which are enriched in the finest fraction of the moon's comminuted regolith. These volatiles may be extracted by heating the soil. At 700 C near quantitative release of hydrogen and helium will occur, and approximately 20-30 percent of the N and C will corelease. It is estimated that per tonne of He-3 extracted from the lunar regolith at this temperature that 6300 tonnes H, 700 tonnes N, and 1600 tonnes C (as CO and CO2) will be released.
Lunar hydrogen and other volatiles
1992-03-01
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Keine Angabe
Englisch
Lunar hydrogen and other volatiles
AIAA | 1992
|NTIS | 2021
|NTRS | 2018
|NTRS
|Lunar Volatiles Collector (LVC)
AIAA | 2022
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