We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutants
We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutants
theconversation.com We developed a way to use light to dismantle PFAS ‘forever chemicals’ – long-lasting environmental pollutants
PFAS are made up of a chain of incredibly strong carbon-fluorine bonds, which make them difficult to break down.
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This is super promising. Sad that it doesn’t work on Teflon yet, but hopefully they can get it there.
I wonder if this will ever scale to wastewater treatment.
a chain of incredibly strong carbon-fluorine bonds
Pedantic mode: The longest chain of C-F bonds you can have has length two.
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