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Fegley 1991
Fegley, B. (1991). Thermodynamic models of the chemistry of lunar volcanic gases. Geophysical Research Letters 18: doi: 10.1029/91GL02624. issn: 0094-8276.

Thermodynamic models and mass balance arguments are used to constrain the chemistry of lunar volcanic gases. The results predict that lunar gases were dominated by reduced C and S gases such as CO, COS, CS2, S2. The more oxidized gases CO2 and SO2 were also important, but only in limited temperature ranges. Gases such as Cl2, CCl4, and CF4 were more abundant than HF and HCl, which were the two major H compounds in the lunar gases. Chlorides and fluorides were important species for transporting many volatile and ore-forming metals, and the implications for fractionating and concentrating metals into lunar ''ore-deposits'' merit further study. ¿American Geophysical Union 1991

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Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Volcanism, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Rock Chemistry, General or miscellaneous, Volcanology, Physics and chemistry of magma bodies, Planetology, Solid Surface Planets and Satellites, Interiors, Mineralogy, Petrology, and Rock Chemistry, Instruments and techniques
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Geophysical Research Letters
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