Electromagnetic energy applied to and gained from lunar materials

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5320619

Meek, T T; Vaniman, D T; Blake, R D; Cocks, F H

Electromagnetic energy may be useful in microwave frequencies for in-situ melting or sintering of lunar regolith. Simple configurations of magnetron or gyrotron tubes might be constructed for unique melting geometries. For energy production, lunar ilmenite has potential applications in photovoltaic devices. 11 refs., 11 figs.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 5320619
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-86-2860; CONF-8609140-1; ON: DE86015300
• Resource Relation: Conference: MAGLEV '86, Pitman, NJ, USA, 22 Sep 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS
GENERAL PHYSICS
14 SOLAR ENERGY
LUNAR MATERIALS
MELTING
SINTERING
ILMENITE
MAGNETRONS
MICROWAVE RADIATION
OVERBURDEN
PHOTOVOLTAIC CELLS
POWER DENSITY
TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE
THEORETICAL DATA
CHALCOGENIDES
DATA
DIRECT ENERGY CONVERTERS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ELECTRON TUBES
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INFORMATION
IRON COMPOUNDS
IRON OXIDES
MATERIALS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
MICROWAVE TUBES
MINERALS
NUMERICAL DATA
OXIDE MINERALS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHOTOELECTRIC CELLS
RADIATIONS
TITANIUM COMPOUNDS
TITANIUM OXIDES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
640100* - Astrophysics & Cosmology
140501 - Solar Energy Conversion- Photovoltaic Conversion