Manufacture of glass and mirrors from lunar regolith simulant

Schleppi, J; Gibbons, J; Groetsch, A; Buckman, J; Cowley, A; Bennett, N

Manufacture of glass and mirrors from lunar regolith simulant

Schleppi, J Gibbons, J Groetsch, A Buckman, J Cowley, A Bennett, N

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Citation:: Journal of Materials Science, 2019, 54 (5), pp. 3726 - 3747
Issue Date:: 2019-03-15

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dc.contributor.author	Schleppi, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Gibbons, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Groetsch, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Buckman, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Cowley, A	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Bennett, N https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3122-4544	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2020-04-19T22:13:59Z
dc.date.available	2020-04-19T22:13:59Z
dc.date.issued	2019-03-15	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Journal of Materials Science, 2019, 54 (5), pp. 3726 - 3747	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	0022-2461	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/140101
dc.description.abstract	© 2018, The Author(s). Future planetary surface missions to the Moon or Mars, for example, can be augmented by the use of local materials, in order to reduce launch mass and expand mission capability. Using lunar regolith simulant and heating it within a susceptor-assisted microwave oven, it was possible to manufacture a variety of basaltic glasses. Furthermore, it was possible to shape these glasses by grinding and polishing the surface flat and smooth. Glasses manufactured from different lunar regolith simulants were coated with aluminium or silver, and the reflective properties of the resulting mirrors and uncoated surfaces were measured. It was shown that with a porous and/or smooth surface finish, mirrors could be made that reflect the incident solar light (400 nm–1250 nm) in-between 30% for the worst and 85% for the best samples. The same samples with uncoated surfaces showed to reflect less than 7% of incident solar light in the same wavelength range.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Journal of Materials Science	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1007/s10853-018-3101-y	en_US
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject.classification	Materials	en_US
dc.title	Manufacture of glass and mirrors from lunar regolith simulant	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	5	en_US
utslib.citation.volume	54	en_US
utslib.for	0912 Materials Engineering	en_US
utslib.for	03 Chemical Sciences	en_US
utslib.for	09 Engineering	en_US
pubs.embargo.period	Not known	en_US
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology/School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
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pubs.issue	5	en_US
pubs.publication-status	Published	en_US
pubs.volume	54	en_US

Abstract:

© 2018, The Author(s). Future planetary surface missions to the Moon or Mars, for example, can be augmented by the use of local materials, in order to reduce launch mass and expand mission capability. Using lunar regolith simulant and heating it within a susceptor-assisted microwave oven, it was possible to manufacture a variety of basaltic glasses. Furthermore, it was possible to shape these glasses by grinding and polishing the surface flat and smooth. Glasses manufactured from different lunar regolith simulants were coated with aluminium or silver, and the reflective properties of the resulting mirrors and uncoated surfaces were measured. It was shown that with a porous and/or smooth surface finish, mirrors could be made that reflect the incident solar light (400 nm–1250 nm) in-between 30% for the worst and 85% for the best samples. The same samples with uncoated surfaces showed to reflect less than 7% of incident solar light in the same wavelength range.

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