Direct electrolysis of molten lunar regolith for the production of oxygen and metals on the moon

ECS Transactions

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 367-373

  Sirk, A H C ^a   Sadoway, D R ^a   Sibille, L ^b  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^b KENNEDY SPACE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYSIS; LUNAR SURFACE ANALYSIS;

CURRENT EFFICIENCY; DISC ELECTRODES; LUNAR REGOLITH; MELT COMPOSITIONS; OXIDE MIXES; OXYGEN EVOLUTION; OXYGEN GAS; THIN WIRES;

OXYGEN;

EID: 78649669546     PISSN: 19385862     EISSN: 19386737     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1149/1.3367929     Document Type: Conference Paper

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