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I’m curious whether it would filter out plastic molecules, as they’re the water contaminants that worry me the most
by permo-w 6y ago
I’m curious whether it would filter out plastic molecules, as they’re the water contaminants that worry me the most
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y ago“What we end up with is a membrane with these short and very narrow channels through which only very small molecules can pass,” Hurt said. “So, for example, water can pass through, but organic contaminants or some metal ions would be too large to go through. So you could filter those out.”
- nine_k 6y agoI wonder how soon these fine channels will get clogged, and whether it's practical to unclog them and reuse the filter.
- LargoLasskhyfv 6y agoA whiff of supercritical CO² should do...
- permo-w 6y agoThat doesn’t really answer the question