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In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + 1 O₂ Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

  • 2 H₂O can be cracked into 2 H₂ + O₂ by electrolysis
  • CO₂ can be cracked into C + O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
  • 2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + O₂
  • Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + 1 O₂ Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

  • 2 H₂O can be cracked into 2 H₂ + O₂ by electrolysis
  • CO₂ can be cracked into C + O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
  • 2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + O₂
  • Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.
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In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + 1 O₂ Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
2 CO₂ can be cracked and recombined to 2 CO + 1 O₂ Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.

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In simplest terms: You find a chemical that is made of a mixture of oxygen and anything else, and then cause the molecules of that chemical to give up their oxygen (and thus becoming something else).

2 H₂O can be cracked into 4 H₂ + 1 O₂ by electrolysis
2 CO₂ can be cracked into 2 C₂ + 2 O₂ by highly inefficient electrolysis, or via photosynthesis.
Hematite and Iron Oxide (both of which are common) can be (given enough energy) cracked to release the oxygen, and result in iron and oxygen.