Apparatus for Forming and Testing Inorganic Salts

A method comprising:

• providing a salt formation apparatus comprising:
• a first vessel fluidly connected to an anion fluid source, the first vessel configured to contain an anion solution,
• a second vessel containing a cation solution, the second vessel fluidly connected to the first vessel by a mixing fluid line,
• a first heater configured to heat the first vessel to a first predetermined temperature,
• a second heater configured to heat the second vessel to a second predetermined temperature,
• a first mixer arranged in the second vessel, and
• a fluid sampler having a filter configured to filter a mixed solution, the fluid sampler fluidly connected to the second vessel by a sample fluid line,
• prompting, by a controller of the apparatus, the first heater to heat the anion solution in the first vessel to the first predetermined temperature and prompting the second heater to heat the cation solution in the second vessel to the second predetermined temperature,
• prompting a valve arranged on the mixing fluid line to open, fluidly connecting the first vessel and the second vessel,
• prompting a fluid pump to convey a volume of anion solution in the first vessel to the second vessel by the mixing fluid line,
• prompting the first mixer to mix the cation solution in the first vessel with the conveyed anion solution to produce a mixed solution, wherein the mixed solution precipitates a salt, and
• prompting the sampler to draw the mixed solution from the first vessel by the sampling fluid line.