In situ oxygen extraction from lunar regolith materials with the SELENA experiment of the Barcelona Moon Team
Abstract
The SELENA experiment on board the Barcelona Moon Team mission is designed to demonstrate for the first time in situ the feasibility of extracting oxygen from common lunar regolith materials. A quantitative evaluation of oxygen extraction yields has been carried out by reduction of a lunar regolith simulant. Results prove the suitability of an experimental procedure based on temperatureprogrammed reduction to find the most efficient conditions to treat lunar basalts.
- Publication:
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European Planetary Science Congress 2012
- Pub Date:
- September 2012
- Bibcode:
- 2012epsc.conf..796C