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A jar containing ionic liquid used to dissolve lunar regolith simulant for oxygen extraction experiments.
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Ionic liquid used to dissolve lunar regolith simulant

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During his internship within the Spaceship EAC team, Sebastian Rohde worked on a method for extracting oxygen from lunar regolith, or moon dust, at ESA's Astronaut Centre in Cologne. This is a jar containing the ionic liquid used to dissolve lunar regolith simulant in an experimental setup to extract oxygen and other metals.

Experiment set up for oxygen extraction from lunar regolith simulant in temperature controlled high vacuum conditions.
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Experiment set up for oxygen extraction from lunar r…

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Experiment set up for oxygen extraction from lunar regolith simulant in temperature controlled high vacuum conditions.
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Oxygen extraction from lunar regolith simulant under…

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Setting up electrochemical measurements to investigate oxygen extraction from lunar regolith simulant in the lab.
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Electrochemical investigation for oxygen extraction

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Electrochemical measurement setup. Glass cell, filled with ionic liquid, several electrodes, a gas inlet and a thermometer.
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Electrochemical measurement setup

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Lunar regolith simulant EAC-1 used to conduct experiments on oxygen extraction in the lab.
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Working with lunar regolith simulant EAC-1

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