Turning seawater into clean drinking water.

Turning seawater into clean drinking water

Graphene membrane

Scientists from the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom have found a way to turn seawater into clean drinking water, they invented a graphene oxide membrane that can turn seawater into drinking one, this technology is not publicized yet & is limited to lab,

A number of experiments were performed using graphene oxide to remove impurities from water, example, they have drilled tiny holes, talking a single nanometer, a single-layered lattice of carbon atoms.

the problem there was that water expands that holes which allow salts to pass through.

In April 2017 in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, it was shown that the team of researchers was able to filter up to 97 percent of water tested using graphene oxide.

There they added an epoxy resin, a substance used in making glues, on the either side of the membrane, which prevented it from swelling and hence obtaining the desired result.