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Oxygen and iron production by electrolytic smelting of lunar soil
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Colson, R. O. Haskin, L. A. |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Description | Oxygen, present in abundance in nearly all lunar materials, can theoretically be extracted by molten silicate electrolysis from any known lunar rock. Derivation of oxygen by this method has been amply demonstrated experimentally in silicate melts of a variety of compositions. This work can be divided into three categories: (1) measurement of solubilities of metals (atomic) in silicate melts; (2) electrolysis experiments under various conditions of temperature, container material, electrode configuration, current density, melt composition, and sample mass (100 to 2000 mg) measuring energy required and character of resulting products; and (3) theoretical assessment of compositional requirements for steady state operations of an electrolysis cell. |
| File Size | 724649 |
| Page Count | 11 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19910015058 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t5s808t04 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1991-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Inorganic And Physical Chemistry Smelting Solubility Iron Silicates Steady State Oxygen Production Lunar Rocks Electrodes Electrolytic Cells Electrolysis Melts Crystal Growth Materials Recovery Lunar Soil Current Density Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |