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Old 05-09-2017, 15:18   #1
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Just read this at Popular Mechanics and wanted to share. Looks like freshwater for all boats in the not so distant future.

New Graphene Filter Could Remove Salt From Saltwater
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Looks like PM is a bit behind with the news. Quite a bit of discussion about this a while ago.

2014: http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...ne-122992.html

and a long thread discussing it from earlier this year:

http://www.cruisersforum.com/forums/...er-182700.html

Edit: First comment deleted I see they are reporting on a recent paper which has come up with a slight advance on the previous discussions.
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Hi StuM,

There's a link in the PM article that describes the recent development/improvement in the use of graphene to desalinate water.

https://phys.org/news/2017-09-smart-...esalinate.html
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Not much new: "Our dream is to create a smart membrane that combines high flow rates, high efficiency, long lifetime,

Read more at: https://phys.org/news/2017-09-smart-graphene-membrane-desalinate.html#jCp


Same thing the first post said....
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