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The lunar-soil particle size distribution is very broad. In addition, because of the irregular particle shapes, the specific surface area is high: approximately 0.5m2/g. In fact, lunar soil particles have about eight times more surface area than an assemblage of spheres with the equivalent particle size distribution.
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Rapp, D. (2013). Lunar ISRU technology. In: Use of Extraterrestrial Resources for Human Space Missions to Moon or Mars. Springer Praxis Books(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32762-9_3
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