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“Swelling glass” cleans polluted water like a sponge

Posted by: Maven on January 11, 2010 at 3:38 pm

From Clean Technica:

“This is the discovery that could put the College of Wooster on the map: glass that swells like a sponge. Put together like a nano-matrix, the new glass can unfold to hold up to eight times its weight. The glass binds with gasoline and other pollutants containing volatile organic compounds but it does not bind with water, so it acts like a “smart” sponge, capable of picking and choosing from contaminated groundwater.

The new material was developed by Dr. Paul Edmiston of the College of Wooster, who formed a new company, Absorbent Materials, to market the new glass under the trademark Obsorb. A number of pilot sites are being tested in the United States, and industrialized countries are not the only ones that stand to gain. Obsorb’s unique properties make it ideal for low tech, low-budget cleanups in developing areas as well. … “

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January 11, 2010 · Filed Under Innovative Ideas

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One Response to ““Swelling glass” cleans polluted water like a sponge”

  1. Tina on May 15th, 2011 7:39 pm

    This is simply an amazing use of technology and a pretty kewl way to clean contaminated water.

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