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Iron Fuel Shows Its Mettle (spectrum.ieee.org)
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[-] weg@slrpnk.net 0 points 3 years ago* (last edited 3 years ago)

I wonder the energy cost of creating the powdered iron. And of converting iron oxide back to iron powder.

[-] schroedingershat@lemmy.world 1 points 3 years ago

Current (pilot test scale) electrical iron reduction is a bit more efficient than commercial hydrogen electrolysis. It may have some as-yet-unknown barriers to commercialisation though.

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