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Ferrihydrite also produces water when heated. You'd need to collect and process 250-500kg of martian soil per day to produce enough water for one person to sur
by empath75 2y ago
Ferrihydrite also produces water when heated. You'd need to collect and process 250-500kg of martian soil per day to produce enough water for one person to survive, assuming half of the iron oxide is actually ferrihydrite. You'd also need the energy to do the separation and heating.
- tossaway2000 2y agoIs that assuming the water expelled from the person can be reused or not?
- actionfromafar 2y agoReasonably, not? With a sealed environment nearly all water could be reclaimed. But good callout that in practice such ore may be a feasible source of water for an expidition.