The identity of lunar hydrolysable carbon

A. J.T. Jull; G. Eglinton; C. T. Pillinger; G. M. Biggar; B. D. Batts

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The identity of lunar hydrolysable carbon

A. J.T. Jull, G. Eglinton, C. T. Pillinger, G. M. Biggar, B. D. Batts

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LUNAR soils treated with deuterated acid release a variety of deuterocarbon gases including CD₄, C₂D₆, C₂D ₄, C₂D₂ and C₃ species ^1-3. We now suggest that the principal hydrolysable carbon phase in lunar samples is carbon in solid solution in body-centred cubic iron (α-Fe). The yield of deuterocarbons (excluding C₂D₂) from a lunar soil is probably a quantitative estimate of this carbon.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	566-567
Number of pages	2
Journal	Nature
Volume	262
Issue number	5569
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/262566a0
State	Published - 1976
Externally published	Yes

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