New Type of Water Filter Successfully Crafted by Army Corps
Published on by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network in Technology
The Army Corps of Engineers have successfully created a usable prototype of a new type of water filter.
By Griffin Hardy
Source: WTJV, print screen
The membranes are made of a mixture of chitosan, a material commonly found in shrimp shells, and a new synthetic chemical known as “graphene oxide”.
Graphene oxide is a highly researched chemical worldwide. According to the Army Corps, one problem encountered by scientists working with graphene oxide is not being able to synthesize the material on a scale that can be put to use.
“One of the major breakthroughs that we’ve had here is that with our casting process, we’re not limited by size,” explains Luke Gurtowski, a research chemical engineer working on the membranes.
These filters have been found to effectively remove a number of different contaminants commonly found in water.
The Engineer Research and Development Center currently has two patents associated with the new filters and hopes to apply them for both civil and military purposes in the near future.
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