Water extract from lunar soil

A team of scientists from the Chinese Academy of Sciences has found a way to extract water from lunar soil samples, which were brought back to Earth by the Chang'e 5 probe in 2020.

According to Xinhua News Agency, after three years of in-depth research and repeated testing, the research team discovered that minerals in lunar soil contain large reserves of hydrogen due to exposure to solar winds for millions of years. When heated to temperatures above 1,000 ^° C, hydrogen chemically reacts with iron oxides present in the minerals, leading to the formation of simple iron and a large amount of water that evaporates.

After conducting numerous experiments, scientists discovered that 51-76 milligrams of water can be extracted from 1 gram of lunar soil. Thus, 1 ton of lunar soil could yield 51-76 kg of water (equivalent to 100 bottles of 500 ml). This amount of water could supply 50 people per day. Xinhua News Agency commented that this discovery could play a crucial role in building research stations on the Moon.

MINH CHAU

Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/chiet-xuat-nuoc-tu-dat-mat-trang-post755493.html