Researchers Shed Light on Emerging Water Treatment Technique

New details about the chemical reaction that occurs when a form of iron called ferrate is exposed to light could broaden its application in water treatment systems

Researchers Shed Light on Emerging Water Treatment Technique

Dugan Hayes and Cali Antolini using a technique involving laser pulses fired at intervals on the order of quadrillionths of a second, can investigate chemical reactions driven by light. (Photo by URI Photo/Michael Salerno)

Ensuring that a growing global population has access to clean water will require new water treatment methods. One of these next-generation methods involves ferrate, which creates fewer toxic byproducts than chemicals like chlorine and is potentially cheaper and easier to deploy...

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