New technology retrieves Oxygen from lava lava

In a recent report by British researchers, they discovered a new technology that obtained oxygen from lunar lava. This has opened up the possibility of building a base on the moon.

According to the journal Nature - UK, researchers at Cambridge University reported the results of research at an international academic conference. This technology is based on the method of metal extraction from metal oxide that was invented in 2000, when the metal oxide and Krypton (Kr) were introduced into a type of electrolyte solution, after heating at high temperatures, The oxygen in the metal oxide is separated, reacting with Kr to produce CO ₂ , and metal is also obtained.

Because there are so many oxides in lava, researchers want to take advantage of this technology to produce oxygen. But to do this, a non-oxidizing and wasting material is needed instead of Kr, so that the oxonium ion does not form CO ₂ but directly produces oxygen.

After many experiments, the researchers found that adding calcium ruthenic acid to calcium titanate could achieve the same effect. This kind of compound after taking part in the reaction for 150 hours is almost no loss. Researchers estimate that this compound has a loss of about 3cm when used for a year.

The researchers also added that when conducting experiments with simulated lava lava researched by the US aerospace agency, this method could produce a large amount of oxygen. As expected, when installing 3 1m high reaction systems on the moon, 1 ton of oxygen can be generated each year. To produce 1 ton of oxgen, 3 tons of lava must be used. British researchers are cooperating with the European Aerospace Agency to conduct large-scale trials.