Planetary Simulant Database
Free Resource for Regolith Simulant Information
Mineralogy
No data available
Bulk Chemistry
| Oxide | Wt.% |
|---|---|
| SiO2 | 54.56 |
| TiO2 | 0.7 |
| Al2O3 | 16.73 |
| FeO | — |
| MnO | 0.18 |
| MgO | 2.32 |
| CaO | 5.44 |
| Na2O | 2.28 |
| K2O | 3.38 |
| P2O5 | 0.21 |
| Total | 91.48 |
Physical Properties
No data available
KOHLS-1/KAUMLS Korean Lunar Simulants
Simulant Name: KOHLS-1/KAUMLS Korean Lunar Simulants
Availability: May Be Available
Fidelity: Basic
Developed By: Hanyang University; Korea Aerospace University
Available From: N/A
Publications: Yoo, S.-H. et al. (2014), Development of KAU Mechanical Lunar Simulants and Drop Test of Lunar Landing Gears. J. of the Korean Society for Aeronautical and Space Sciences, 42, 1037-1044.
The documentation for these simulant(s) is confusing: multiple references are made to a simulant called KOHLS-1, or Koh Lunar Simulant (also called Korea Hanyang Lunar Simulant). There seems to be no dedicated publication describing this simulant. The only known data are the bulk chemistry in Table 1 of Yoo et al. (2014; in Korean), describing a Korea Aerospace University Mechanical Luna Simulant (KAU, or KAUMLS). It isn’t clear if KOHLS-1, developed at Hanyang University, is the same as KAUMLS. However, the photo of KAUMLS (below) looks quite similar to a photo of KOHLS-1 in a PowerPoint presentation by Dr. Tai Sik Lee of Hanyang University, given at the International MoonBase Summit.
Images
Photograph of the KAUMLS simulant from Yoo et al. (2014):
