Table 2. The comparison between KLS-1 lunar simulant (Ryu et al. 2015) and the prototype developed via the framework program of this study
Component | Composition (%) | Target (%) | Absolute diff. (%p) | Magnification (%) | Magnification diff. (%p) |
SiO2 (KLS) | 48.00 | 47.97 | 0.03 | 100.06 | 0.06 |
TiO2 (KLS) | 1.67 | 1.77 | 0.10 | 94.35 | 5.65 |
Al2O3 (KLS) | 15.30 | 17.57 | 2.27 | 87.08 | 12.92 |
FeO (KLS) | 11.39 | 10.41 | 0.98 | 109.41 | 9.41 |
MnO (KLS) | 0.17 | 0.14 | 0.03 | 121.43 | 21.43 |
MgO (KLS) | 9.64 | 9.18 | 0.46 | 105.01 | 5.01 |
CaO (KLS) | 8.38 | 11.15 | 2.77 | 75.16 | 24.84 |
Na2O (KLS) | 3.42 | 0.70 | 2.72 | 488.57 | 388.57 |
K2O (KLS) | 1.52 | 0.58 | 0.94 | 262.07 | 162.07 |
P2O5 (KLS) | 0.33 | 0.52 | 0.19 | 63.46 | 36.54 |
SiO2 (PSO) | 47.88 | 47.97 | 0.09 | 99.82 | 0.18 |
TiO2 (PSO) | 1.73 | 1.77 | 0.04 | 97.80 | 2.20 |
Al2O3 (PSO) | 17.56 | 17.57 | 0.01 | 99.97 | 0.03 |
FeO (PSO) | 10.47 | 10.41 | 0.06 | 100.54 | 0.54 |
MnO (PSO) | 0.13 | 0.14 | 0.01 | 95.87 | 4.13 |
MgO (PSO) | 9.23 | 9.18 | 0.05 | 100.58 | 0.58 |
CaO (PSO) | 11.16 | 11.15 | 0.01 | 100.06 | 0.06 |
Na2O (PSO) | 1.86 | 0.70 | 1.16 | 265.36 | 165.36 |
K2O (PSO) | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.04 | 106.91 | 6.91 |
P2O5 (PSO) | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.00 | 99.51 | 0.49 |
KLS refers to composition of KLS-1 Simulant, PSO refers to composition calculated with PSO algorithm of developed program framework on this research.
Adapted from Ryu et al. (2015) with permission of Korean Geotechnical Society.