Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, Volume. 20, Issue 4, 534(2025)

Establishment and test of ground simulation experimental platform for in-situ detection of water-ice in lunar polar regions

LU Wenzhen1,2、*, WANG Xingping2, LI Xiang2, ZHANG Chi2, RUAN Jun2, YAO lu2, XU Zhengyu2, CAO Nailiang2, and KAN Ruifeng2
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Environmental Science and Optoelectronic Technology, University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei 230026, China
  • 2Anhui Institute of Optics and Fine Mechanics, HFIPS, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, China
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    Lunar water ice in-situ detection simulation test platform exterior structure diagram (a) and internal structure diagram (b)
    SEM scan of simulated lunar soil
    System structure diagram vacuum cryogenic sample transfer system (a) and storage system (b)
    Dust-proof and temperature-controlled mass instrument
    Simulation test chamber
    Schematic diagram of the lunar soil in-situ analysis system
    Simulated schematic diagram of in-situ water ice detection. (a) Sample preparation; (b) cryogenic storage; (c) gradient transfer; (d) sample transfer; (e) pour sample delivery; (f) heating analysis and sample discarding
    Sample sublimation loss graph
    Pressure variation of samples with different moisture contents. (a) Low moisture content samples; (b) medium moisture content samples; (c) high moisture content samples
    Relationship between moisture content and pressure
    • Table 1. Some of the system technical specifications are as follows

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      Table 1. Some of the system technical specifications are as follows

      System

      The lunar soil

      preparation

      system

      The vacuum and cryogenic sample

      transfer system

      The vacuum and cryogenic sample

      storage system

      The simulation

      chamber

      The simulation lunar soil in-situ

      analysis system

      P/Pa105≤ 8.8 × 10-1≤ 8.8 × 10-2≤ 8.8 × 10-50–2000
      T/℃-50–100-180–100≤ -170-170–10020–40
    • Table 2. Typical simulated Moon soil grain size gradation

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      Table 2. Typical simulated Moon soil grain size gradation

      NumberParticle size/μmAnorthosite/%Basalt/%
      1< 0.00110.3042.576
      20.001–0.0259.1362.284
      30.025–0.0509.7842.446
      40.050–0.0756.2881.572
      50.075–0.1004.2161.054
      60.100–0.25010.8242.706
      70.250–0.5007.7761.944
      80.500–1.0006.4801.620
      91.000–2.0005.6001.400
      102.000–5.0009.6002.400
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    Wenzhen LU, Xingping WANG, Xiang LI, Chi ZHANG, Jun RUAN, lu YAO, Zhengyu XU, Nailiang CAO, Ruifeng KAN. Establishment and test of ground simulation experimental platform for in-situ detection of water-ice in lunar polar regions[J]. Journal of Atmospheric and Environmental Optics, 2025, 20(4): 534

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    Received: Apr. 1, 2024

    Accepted: --

    Published Online: Sep. 30, 2025

    The Author Email: Wenzhen LU (wzlu@aiofm.ac.cn)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1673-6141.2025.04.010

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