Atom probe tomographic analysis of microstructural defects in Chang'e-6 lunar soil and its implications for the evolution of volatile S
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    To constrain the microscale redistribution behavior of volatile components, with S as the main focus, under transient thermal events on the lunar surface, this study employed atom probe tomography (APT) to perform three-dimensional nano- to atomic-scale characterization of a microregion on the surface of a Chang'e-6 lunar soil glass bead. The results show that this microregion is dominated by heterogeneous silicate glass enriched in O, Si, and Al. A columnar microstructural discontinuity was identified within the glass matrix. Across this structure, the concentrations of major elements remain broadly continuous, whereas the trace element S shows local depleted in its core. Meanwhile, density isosurfaces extracted from multiple major elements in this region all show similar columnar structures, which are attributed to local electric-field distortion induced by the physical interface and to trajectory overlap effects during APT analysis. Taken together, these chemical distribution characteristics and physical imaging effects indicate that this structure is not a phase boundary formed by chemical differentiation, but is more likely a microscale physical defect related to local thermal-event modification. The local depletion of S may reflect the redistribution of volatile components, with S being the main focus of this study. These results provide atomic-scale observational constraints on the local distribution of trace volatile components in lunar soil and their relationship with microstructures.

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高可,方谦,杨嘉明,杨僚,谢培锋,许心蓓,张心蕊,韦振晟,仇鑫程,杨浩,陈中强,2026,嫦娥六号月壤微观缺陷的原子探针层析分析及其对挥发分S演化的指示[J].岩石矿物学杂志,45(4):700~708. GAO Ke, FANG Qian, YANG Jia-ming, YANG Liao, XIE Pei-feng, XU Xin-bei, ZHANG Xin-rui, WEI Zhen-sheng, QIU Xin-cheng, YANG Hao, CHEN Zhong-qiang,2026,Atom probe tomographic analysis of microstructural defects in Chang'e-6 lunar soil and its implications for the evolution of volatile S[J]. Acta Petrologica et Mineralogica,45(4):700~708.

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  • Received:April 02,2026
  • Revised:May 18,2026
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  • Online: July 11,2026
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