Sub-microscopic magnetite and metallic iron particles formed by eutectic reaction in Chang’E-5 lunar soil

Zhuang Guo; Chen Li; Yang Li; Yuanyun Wen; Yanxue Wu; Bojun Jia; Kairui Tai; Xiaojia Zeng; Xiongyao Li; Jianzhong Liu; Ziyuan Ouyang

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-35009-7

Nature Communications (Nov 2022)

Sub-microscopic magnetite and metallic iron particles formed by eutectic reaction in Chang’E-5 lunar soil

Zhuang Guo,
Chen Li,
Yang Li,
Yuanyun Wen,
Yanxue Wu,
Bojun Jia,
Kairui Tai,
Xiaojia Zeng,
Xiongyao Li,
Jianzhong Liu,
Ziyuan Ouyang

Affiliations

Zhuang Guo: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chen Li: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yang Li: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yuanyun Wen: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Yanxue Wu: Guangdong University of Technology
Bojun Jia: Institute of Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System, School of Earth and Space Sciences, Peking University
Kairui Tai: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiaojia Zeng: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Xiongyao Li: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Jianzhong Liu: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ziyuan Ouyang: Center for Lunar and Planetary Sciences, Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35009-7
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Magnetite is rarely present on the Moon. Here the authors report the magnetite formed by eutectic reaction during the impact process in Chang’E-5 lunar soil, and the potential contribution of this magnetite formation to magnetic anomalies on the Moon.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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