Performance of lunar sulfur concrete in lunar environments

Sulfur ‘concrete’ for lunar applications–Sublimation concerns

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Issues in Space Radiation Protection

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HZETRN: A Heavy Ion/Nucleon Transport Code for Space Radiations

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Strength and Durability Performance of Waterless Lunar Concrete

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Viability of Sulfur "Concrete" on the Moon: Environmental Considerations

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Viability of Construction Material within an Extraterrestrial Environment

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A design methodology for flat slab lunar landing and launch pad systems

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Mechanical fracture properties of concrete with lunar aggregate simulant

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Advances in Microbial Induced Carbonate Precipitation (MICP) Technology for Extraterrestrial ConstructionPreprint

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Experimental Investigation into the Mechanical Properties, Flexural Toughness, and Failure Mechanism of Polypropylene Fiber-Reinforced Simulated Lunar Soil Geopolymer

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Partial Sulfur-Driven Denitrification: A Promising Pathway to Break Through the Nitrite Bottleneck in the Anammox Process

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Engineering properties of magnesium phosphate cement lunar soil concrete under vacuum conditions and its 3D printing application for lunar dome model

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Similarity assessment of lunar highland simulant (LSS-ISAC-1) for lunar habitation materials and structures

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Laboratory studies on the mechanical properties of sulphur-based construction material at simulated Martian temperatures

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Moon BRICCSS: Moon Blocks Using Regolith ISRU for Corbelled Construction of Sustainable Shielding

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Concentrating CaO from Lunar Simulant by Calciothermic Reduction Process

Zhang, J., Li, D., Zhang, Y., He, C., Feng, S., Wang, J., Li, C., Wang, Y., Liu, A., & Shi, Z. (2024) · JOM · doi:10.1007/s11837-024-06488-4 · Cited by 2

Effects of thermal factors on the microstructure and properties of electromagnetic induction-sintered HUST-1 simulated lunar soil

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Optimizing cementitious mortars for lunar construction: a multi-criteria decision-making approach

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Exploiting biocementation for Martian construction: pathways, challenges, and research gaps

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Lunar base construction materials and technologies: A review

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Moisture dependency of variation of pore structure and property of cementitious materials due to high speed impact

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Comprehensive performance evaluation of basic type of lunar habitat

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On the Development of Sulfur-Regolith Concrete as an ISRU-Based Construction Material for Lunar and Martian Infrastructure

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Regolith as raw material for the production of aggregates and concrete-like composites on the Moon

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Lunar Agriculture: Farming for the Future

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Mechanistic insights on the synergistic roles of glass content and curing temperature in reaction kinetics and microstructural evolution of alkali-activated lunar regolith simulants

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Extrusion‐Based Additive Manufacturing of Regolith‐Filled Shape Memory Vitrimer Composite for Lunar Construction

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Direct Ink Writing with Lunar Regolith: An Avenue for Off-Earth Construction

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Silicate-Lunar Regolith Composites: A Facile, Durable and Versatile Solution Towards In-Situ Extraterrestrial ConstructionPreprint

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Recyclable Lunar Bio-Bricks Through Microbially Induced Calcite Precipitation (Micp)Preprint

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Sinthesys of secondary sulfur based concrete and examining its durability in aggressive environment

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An Experimental Investigation on Properties of Concrete by Partial Replacement of Cement with Sulfur

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DÜŞÜK BASINÇLI KÜKÜRT ENJEKSİYONUNUN SERBEST BASINÇ MUKAVEMETİNE ETKİSİ

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Transforming low-quality sand into construction materials under 110ºC and Recycling of the Waste Solution

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Greening building construction: The emerging frontier of bio-polymerized sulfur

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Design Criteria for Lunar Dome Habitats: Structural Analysis and Design Space UtilisationPreprint

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Volcanic deposits from mount Etna (Italy) as high-fidelity lunar simulants for In-Situ Resource Utilization (ISRU) applications

Melchiori, G., Vico, F. S. D., Dottori, A., Pozzobon, R., Valentini, L., Ferretti, P., Bonetto, A., Lavagna, M. R., Calvari, S., & Massironi, M. (2025) · Materials Today Advances · doi:10.1016/j.mtadv.2025.100678

Feasibility study on in-situ development of cement-based materials from lunar regolith

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The behavior of sulfur regolith concrete under micrometeoroid impacts for lunar surface structures

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Investigation of Space Biocementation under Microgravity via Enzyme-Induced Carbonate Precipitation

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Damage evaluation of regolith-resin-composite (RRC) materials for lunar structures using linear and nonlinear ultrasonic waves

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Advanced spectroscopic investigation of lunar highland simulant (LHS-1) geopolymer for in-situ resource utilization

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Blast response of lunar regolith-GUHPC arch structures under propellant explosion

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Mechanical Properties of Lunar Concrete: Experimental and Simulation Perspectives

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Role of amorphous phase, temperature fluctuations, and vacuum, on the performance of alkali-activated lunar regolith simulants

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Regolith-based construction for lunar and martian exploration: Materials, processing strategies, and challenges

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Mechanical and microstructural performance of LHS-1E-based geopolymer concrete subjected to thermal curing conditions

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Resource-aware direct ink writing of lunar regolith simulant pastes through milling-controlled rheology and activator reduction

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Qualitative and comparative evaluation of the performances of different types of lunar construction materials

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Performance of “waterless concrete”

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Strength and Durability Performance of Waterless Lunar Concrete

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Material Concerns: Evaluating Sulfur Concrete for use in the Lunar Environment

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Sulfur 'Concrete' for Lunar Applications- Environmental Considerations

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Evaluation of Sulfur 'Concrete' for Use as a Construction Material on the Lunar Surface

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