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Charging behavior of MLS-1 depends on the work-function difference between dust and mixer material, tested using static mixers made from aluminum, copper, stainless steel, and PTFE. XPS and SEM characterization across five particle-size fractions shows minimal surface-composition variation with size. Charged separatior runs indicate stronger unipolar charging for larger particles and increased bipolar charging for smaller fractions, attributed to mixer adhesion shielding. 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source.It is being released in the interest of making available asmuch information as possible.  \n·This document may contain data,which exceeds the sheet parameters.It wasfurnished in this condition by the organizational source and is the best copyavailable.  \n·This document may contain tone-on-tone or color graphs,charts and/or pictures,which have been reproduced in black and white.  \n·This document is paginated as submitted by the original source.  \n·Portions of this document are not fully legible due to the historical nature of someof the material.However,it is the best reproduction available from the originalsubmission.  \n①6  \n# Electrostatic Beneficiation ofLunar Simulant\n\nSteve Trigwell¹,James Captain²,Janine Captain³,EllenArens³,Jacqueline Quinn³,and Carlos Calle³  \n'Electrostatics and Surface Physics LaboratoryASRC Aerospace,Kennedy Space Center,FL32889 USAPhone:321-867-1222e-mail:steven.trigwell-1@ksc.nasa.gov  \n²University of Central Florida,Kennedy Space Center,FL32889 USAe-mail:james.captain-1@ksc.nasa.gov  \n³NASA Kennedy Space Center,FL32899 USAe-mail:Ellen.E.Arens@nasa.govJanine.E.Captain@nasa.govJaqueline.W.Quinn@nasa.govCarlos.I.Calle@nasa.gov  \nAbstract—Electrostatic beneficiation of lunar regolith is a method allowingrefinement of specific minerals in the material for processing on the moon.The use of tribocharging the regolith prior to separation was investigated onthe lunar simulant MLS-1 by passing the dust through static mixersconstructed from different materials;aluminum,copper,stainless steel,andpolytetrafluoroethylene(PTFE).The amount of charge acquired by thesimulant was dependant upon the difference in the work function of the dustand the charging material.XPS and SEM were used to characterize thesimulant after it was sieved into five size fractions(>100μm,75-100μm,50-75 μm,50-25 μm,and\u003C25μm),where very little difference in surfacecomposition was observed between the sizes.Samples of the smallest(\u003C25μm)and largest(>100μm)size fractions were beneficiated through a chargeseparator using the aluminum(charged the simulant negatively)and PTFE(charged positively)mixers.The mass fractions of the separated simulantrevealed that for the larger particle size,significant unipolar charging wasobserved for both mixers,whereas for the smaller particle sizes,more bipolarcharging was observed,probably due to the finer simulant adhering to theinside of the mixers shielding the dust from the charging material.Subsequent XPS analysis of the beneficiated fractions showed the largerparticle size fraction having some species differentiation,but very littledifference for the smaller size.Although MLS-1 was made to have similarchemistry to actual lunar dust,its mineralogy is quite differentOn-goingexperiments are using NASA JSC-1 lunar simulant.A vacuum chamber hasbeen constructed,and future experiments are planned in a simulated lunarenvironment.  \n## I.INTRODUCTION\n\nAny future lunar base and habitat must be constructed from strong densematerials in order to provide for thermal and radiation protection.It hasbeen proposed that lunar soil may meet this need,and sintering of full-scale bricks has been accomplished using lunar simulant [1].However,inthese experiments whole lunar dust as-received was used.Beneficiation offores to an industrial feedstock grade may be more efficient.Lunar regolithhas high concentrations of aluminum,silicon,calcium,magnesium,iron,manganese,sodium,and titanium oxides.Refinement or enrichment ofspecific minerals in the soil before it is chemically processed may be moredesirable as it would reduce the size and energy requirements required toproduce the virgin material and it may significantly reduce the process'complexity.Successful separation of lunar soil has been reported in anelectrostatic separator where the refinement of i","cbCaiuAysR2CvnoR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiuAysR2CvnoR","pdf",827870,"English","# General Disclaimer\n# Electrostatic Beneficiation 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