[10a-N102-1~6] Engineering Crystal Habit: Crystals and minerals grown at the universe

[10a-N102-4] Metallic whiskers found in soil samples from asteroid Itokawa and Moon.

〇Toru Matsumoto¹ (1.Kyoto Univ.)

Keywords:crystal habit, crystal growth, whisker

Crystals are gradually altered when they are exposed to a variety of processes occurring in the space environments. I introduce modifications of crystalline structures and whisker growth that are promoted by irradiation of energetic ions from the Sun.