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Magnetic separation | Lunar Simulant Atlas

Needs reviewLiterature-derived experiment

Magnetic separation

process linked to Experiment, with source literature and related extracted records kept visible.

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Confidence

1

Literature sources

4

Linked simulants

25

Linked properties

Record profile

Measurement type

process

Application

Experiment

Primary source

In-situ resource utilization: ferrosilicon and SiC production from BP-1 lunar regolith simulant via carbothermal reduction

Review state

needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-1mentionedNeeds review EAC-1AtestedNeeds review MLS-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review BP-1Lunar mare soil simulantNeeds review

Related properties

Iron Contentover 90 wt%100%Particle morphologyimaged by SEM100%elemental composition43 % oxygen, 21 % silicon, 13 % iron100%Particle sizemeasured100%Magnetic susceptibility1.85 10 5 m3 /kg, 1.64 10 5 m3 /kg, and 1.38 10 5 m3 /kg100%

Evidence snippets

Reduction experiments were performed, after the enrichment of the simulant in iron oxide through dry magnetic separation, under vacuum.

Source literature

Main reference: In-situ resource utilization: ferrosilicon and SiC production from BP-1 lunar regolith simulant via carbothermal reduction

M. Samouhos, P. Tsakiridis, M. Iskander, M. Taxiarchou, K. Betsis | 2022 | Planetary and Space Science

DOI 10.1016/j.pss.2021.105414

Extraction state

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1 source

Needs review

Back to experiments

Oxygen yieldmeasured or discussed for hydrogen reduction

90%

Simulant CompositionSilica, aluminum, calcium, magnesium, iron, titanium, and trace elements100%

TiO2 content6.8 wt%100%

microstructural analysisconducted through microstructural analysis and material performance testing100%

Thermodynamic dataThermodynamic data of the BP-1 simulant reduction in vacuum; (a) Iron-containing components in equilibrium state in relation to temperature using a 50% carbon excess and (b) Phase100%

Gibbs free energyGibbs free energy variation (G) in relation to temperature of reaction sequences describing the formation of FeSi alloy (according to Table 3); (a) through the direct reaction100%

X-ray diffraction patternX-ray diffraction pattern of the initial BP-1 lunar regolith simulant sample.100%