Desalination breakthrough could lead to cheaper water filtration

Natural water alone contains many chemicals and salt. When water is used for agriculture, energetic production, or drinking, the water has to be purified. People use machines to remove these chemicals and salt from the water because of the important health guidelines. The thought of purifying water seems simple, but there are some parts of it that are pretty complicated. Scientists and experts are still trying to figure out how it works the way it does. With this experiment, scientists also wanted to know if there was a cheaper way of desalinating water. With a lot of studying, the research team along with DuPont Water Solutions figured out the mystery. They found out a way to decrease the cost of water production. The researchers found out that the quantity of desalination and their mass distribution affects the quality of the membranes. They figured out that the density of the nanoscale was the answer to increasing the amount of clean water membranes can make. Manish Kumar, who is a professor at the Department of Civil explains that reverse osmosis membranes are used to clean water, but people still don't fully understand them. In this process, the salt in the water is applied with pressure, and the minerals stay while the water passes through. It takes a lot of work to take this into action, so people figured out that improving the quality of the membranes can decrease the amount of energy used. 


https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/12/201231141511.htm

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