Faculty
Science
Supervisor Name
Dr. Roberta Flemming
Keywords
bytownite, shock, strain, FWHM, XRD, lunar, meteorite
Description
Planetary analogue materials are useful to help interpret and predict planetary processes on other planetary bodies that we cannot observe directly. Lunar analogue materials include terrestrial rocks and minerals with compositions and textures like those on the moon. This project investigates the lunar analogue mineral bytownite to quantify shock effects on the moon using strain related mosaicity determined through micro x-ray diffraction (µXRD). Calibrating strain information as a function of shock pressure for these minerals will enable us to extract peak shock pressures (in GPa) from naturally shocked materials, such as lunar meteorites and Apollo samples, using µXRD
Acknowledgements
I would like to thank Dr. Roberta Flemming for teaching and guiding me throughout this project as my supervisor. I would also like to thank Dr. Steven Jaret for providing the shocked bytownite samples for this project.
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Document Type
Poster
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Developing a Bytownite Calibration Curve as a Lunar Analogue
Planetary analogue materials are useful to help interpret and predict planetary processes on other planetary bodies that we cannot observe directly. Lunar analogue materials include terrestrial rocks and minerals with compositions and textures like those on the moon. This project investigates the lunar analogue mineral bytownite to quantify shock effects on the moon using strain related mosaicity determined through micro x-ray diffraction (µXRD). Calibrating strain information as a function of shock pressure for these minerals will enable us to extract peak shock pressures (in GPa) from naturally shocked materials, such as lunar meteorites and Apollo samples, using µXRD