Mars colonies of the future may get energy and oxygen from the brine water of Mars

Scientists have found a way to supply fuel and oxygen on Mars if humans are able to establish a new colony on red planet. A team from  National Acemy of Sciences of United States of America published ir research paper on official website of said university. According to this new study, brine water of mars can be used to power colonies in future.

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Scientists are trying to dress issue of oxygen on Mars for a habitable colony before y start plan of colony establishment on Mars. Since atmosphere of Mars is different from atmosphere of Earth, oxygen level is nil. Unlike our Earth, Mars does t has any oxygen or water in atmosphere. So, if scientists are planning to design a colony on red planet, y need to invest in a sustainable source of oxygen for an in-situ environment.

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According to this new study, brine water of mars holds key. collected water from mars can be used to create an earth-like atmosphere. Scientists are planning to break down water, molecules by using electricity to produce hydrogen and oxygen molecule.

Vijay Ramani, author of journal who is also a chemical engineer at Washington University in St. Louis, told .com in an interview that since available resource on mars is really limited, humans must use any available resource if y want to live in Mars colonies in future.

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According to .com, Phoenix lander from NASA found that red planet has a large amount of ice. ditionally, this rover from NASA also found that soil of Mars contains a chemical compound named perchlorates which works like antifreeze chemicals and lowers freezing of any solution.

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brine water and perchlorates can remain liquid even at a low temperature. According to published article on PNAS, Ramani and his colleagues tried to explore if electrolysis was eugh to use water. y were able to recreate such saltwater and perchlorates solutions. team found that electrolysis was able to split brine water into hydrogen and oxygen.

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Ramani said that electrolysis was used for just pure water in past. Ramani and his teammates used le runate pyrochlore electrocatalysts to electrolyte perchlorate brines. It helped n to produce pure oxygen and hydrogen from brine at a low temperature.

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