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Total carbon and nitrogen abundances in lunar samples

C B Moore, C F Lewis, E K Gibson

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |January 30, 1970
    PubMed
    Summary

    This study quantifies total carbon and nitrogen in lunar fines using combustion-gas chromatography. Results indicate these elements are mixtures of indigenous lunar material, meteoritic, and solar wind components.

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