Magnetic soap could help complicated cleanups
JAN 24, 2012
DOI: 10.1063/PT.5.025833
BBC : In the future oil spills and waste water could be cleaned up by combining the properties of magnetism and soap. Julian Eastoe of the University of Bristol and colleagues added iron atoms to soap molecules and found that the atoms clumped together into nanoparticles that responded to a magnetic field. The soap and any materials it picks up, can then be removed from water by applying a magnetic field.
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