Australia finds new technology that filters contaminated water in minutes

Associate Professor Laichang Zhang, a Chinese-Australian scientist at the Faculty of Engineering at Edith Cowan University in Western Australia, has found a way to filter contaminated water in just a few minutes.

According to Zhang, the scientists used nanotechnology to change the iron's atomic structure to produce "metallic glass".

This technology has linked atoms of heavy metals to the "metal glass," which will be used to filter water.

Industrial waste water treatment using iron powder is expensive and leaves many residues in the filtration process. One drawback of this method is that iron powder is used only once during the filtration process.

Meanwhile, Zhang said that "metallic glass" was formed from iron atoms that scientists developed could be recycled up to 20 times without creating iron deposits in water and production costs. Very cheap, just take a few dollars / kg.

Many international mining companies have expressed a special interest in the development of waste water treatment technology.

According to Zhang, the findings also bring great benefits to China's textile industry, enabling them to produce faster and more environmentally-friendly products, while offering quality products at a price. Become cheaper.