Australian Chemists Develop Way to Extract Mercury from Water Using Waste Material

Australian Chemists Develop Way to Extract Mercury from Water Using Waste Material
Dr Max Worthington, left, in the Chalker Lab. Provided by Flinders University
Steve Milne
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With mercury contamination of water a global problem and removal measures often too difficult or expensive in developing countries, experts from Flinders University South Australia have developed a new extraction material capable of quickly binding almost all mercury in polluted water.

Tests showed that the sorbent, made entirely from low-cost waste from petroleum, citrus, and agricultural production, achieves almost total absorption of mercury in a minute under trial conditions.

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