Exploration and Design of Lunar Metallurgical Process
The Moon is the closest celestial body to the Earth.In order to explore the Moon,all countries in the world have promoted the lunar exploration program,in which the exploration and research of lunar soil is of great significance to the exploration of the Moon.In view of the need of lunar soil resource extraction,the transportation cost and the large environmental differences of the Earth and the Moon,a method of in-situ preparation of metal separation on the lunar surface by using a Fresnel lens was proposed in this paper under high vacuum,low gravity and strong light environment.Based on the comparison of the physical and chemical environments on the surface of the Earth and the Moon,the method suitable for the preparation of metals from the lunar soil in-situ was analyzed.On this basis,the metal was melted by Fresnel through heating,and then the metal was prepared by using the stability differences of metal oxides.The smelting method studied in this paper makes full use of the physical and chemical conditions of the lunar surface and provides a new idea for lunar metallurgy.