The production of oxygen and metal from lunar regolith
The production of oxygen and metal from lunar regolith
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DOI：
10.1016/j.pss.2012.06.011
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发表时间：
2012-12-01
影响因子：
2.4
通讯作者：
Crawford, Ian A.
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作者：
Schwandt, Carsten;Hamilton, James A.;Crawford, Ian A.
本文总结了从月球物质中生产氧气的各种方法，目前仍在探索中。这些包括基于氢或甲烷化学还原，气相热解，硫酸处理和熔融氧化物电解的经典概念。我们在这篇论文中主要关注的是剑桥大学开发的一种新方法，该方法利用熔盐电化学从不同成分的月球固体材料中获得氧和金属的结合。这使得剑桥方法很有吸引力，因为它在高原地区和在沼泽地区同样有效。我们还讨论了最近在月球两极明显发现的水冰的含义，并得出结论，即使这一发现得到证实，在非极地地区提供氧气仍然是可取的，而剑桥过程是实现这一目标的有力候选者。(C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd.版权所有。
The present article summarises the various methods that have been, and still are, explored for the production of oxygen from lunar materials. These include the classical concepts based on chemical reduction with hydrogen or methane, vapour phase pyrolysis, sulphuric acid treatment, and molten oxide electrolysis. Our main focus in this paper is on a novel approach developed at the University of Cambridge that employs molten salt electrochemistry to achieve the combined winning of oxygen and metal from solid lunar materials of varying composition. This makes the Cambridge process attractive because it will work equally well in mare as in highland regions. We also discuss the implications of the recent apparent discovery of water ice at the poles of the Moon and conclude that, even if this discovery is confirmed, it will nevertheless be desirable to provide oxygen at non-polar localities, and the Cambridge process is a strong candidate for achieving this. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.