What is the lunar soil content?

As expected, lunar soil (or regolith) is completely dry and without air. Before the astronauts and probes visited the moon, some scientists thought that parts of the surface could be covered with a fine layer of dust to a deep mile, but it was considered false. Lunar soil is only about a few inches deep. It is covered with an extremely fine layer of dust that is electrically charged. This dust gets into everything and can be very irritating to human skin.

The composition of the lunar soil is primarily oxygen, as well as the Earth's crust. Like the Earth's crust, the most common substance is silica, also known as silica, primary component of sand, glass and concrete. Depending on the element, about 43% of lunar soil is oxygen, 21% silicon, 13% iron, 8% calcium, 6% aluminum, 5% magnesium and 4% of other elements. Other compounds found in lunar soil include titanium dioxide, aluminum oxide (alumina, gray substance that gives its color from its color), iron oxide (rust), magnesium oxide and oxiD calcium (lime).

The composition of the lunar soil varies significantly depending on whether one considers the lunar Highlands (which appears to be lighter) or Maria (lunar "sea") that are dark. The lunar Highlands are primarily an anorory rock, which is characterized by a mixture of 90% of the plagioclase feldspar (class of silicate minerals) with 10% metal component, such as iron or magnesium. The feldspar component consists of calcium, aluminum, silicon and oxygen. These rocks are discouraging and form moonlight as they reflect the light of the sun back to the night ground.

Lunar Maria, a darker part of the moon, is made of basalt minerals from ancient volcanic eruptions, which occurred between 3.5 and 3 billion years. These minerals flowed to near the pans (the distant side of the moon has barely Maria) and cooled. Compared to earthly basalts, they have a higher viscosity and a larger iron content. Are generally basalty reLatally rich in magnesium and calcium oxides and have lower levels of silicon oxide.

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