Podcast: Removing oil from water using aloe vera

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Uttam Manna - Podcast-Optimized Uttam Manna of IIT Guwahati explains how his team synthesised an extremely oil-repelling (super oleophobic) membrane using an aloe vera gel-based coating modified with some molecules to remove oil from water. The membrane could be reused at least 25 times to separate light and heavy oil from water with the efficiency of separation remaining above 97%.

Published by Prasad Ravindranath

Science Editor with @The_Hindu, Chennai, India. DO GET IN TOUCH WITH ME AT prasad.thehindu@gmail.com IF YOU HAVE SOME INTERESTING RESULTS THAT CAN BE PUBLISHED IN THE HINDU NEWSPAPER AND ALSO IN MY BLOG. You can also reach me on twitter @RPrasad12 and Facebook /prasad.ravindranath. I write on health, medicine, environment, and technology.

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