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XRD patterns of molten salts

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100%

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Measurement type

Material Characterization

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Experiment

Primary source

Aluminum and oxygen production by electrolysis after aluminothermic reduction of lunar soil simulant in cryolite melts

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needs review

Linked simulants

JSC-2Asubject of prior electrolysis studiesNeeds review NEU-1Simulant mentioned in extracted literature tagsNeeds review

Related properties

Oxygen Extractionelectrochemical reduction95%Impurity removal rate with cell voltageVaries with voltage100%Impurity removal rate with electrodeposition timeVaries with time100%Cathode product purityaffected by molten salt composition80%SiO2 content2.86 wt% wt%100%

Evidence snippets

XRD patterns of (a) the upper white molten salt after electrodeposition at 3.5 V for 2 h; (b) the bottom gray-black molten salt after electrodeposition for 2 h under different cell voltages.