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Category: Water filter

Posted on November 28, 2017November 28, 2017

IISER Kolkata’s compound makes drinking water nearly free of fluoride, metal ions

The compound synthesised by IISER Kolkata researchers can reduce copper, mercury, cadmium and iron content in drinking water to below 2 ppb, which is far below the WHO limit for…

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Posted on November 11, 2017November 12, 2017

IIT Bombay’s superior water filter needs very little power

Electrodes made of copper plates wound with cellulose thread coated with carbon nanotubes for capacitive deionisation and placed close to each other achieved 84% efficiency in ion removal. With power requirement…

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Posted on August 19, 2017August 19, 2017

IISc’s copper-coated membrane makes drinking water safe

The membrane with controlled release of copper ion may turn out to be a potential candidate for water purification applications with enhanced antibacterial and antifouling performances. There is an age-old…

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Posted on December 18, 2016March 21, 2017

IIT Madras researchers prove the superiority of arsenic water filter which got $18 million funding

An exhaustive research carried out by a team of researchers led by Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, spread over…

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Posted on September 21, 2016May 22, 2017

IIT Madras scientists’ cheaper solution to make brackish water potable

It may soon become possible to convert brackish water into drinking water at about 12 paisa per litre right on the kitchen table by using a potential difference of just…

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Posted on August 28, 2016August 29, 2016

IISc researchers produce an improved water purification membrane

Going a step further, a team of researchers from IISc Bangalore has improved upon the water purification membrane they developed in 2014. The membrane allows higher flow of water across it…

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Posted on July 16, 2016June 27, 2017

With $18 million venture funding, IIT Madras Prof breaks the glass ceiling

“I am glad that technologies from academic labs are getting venture funding in units of millions of dollars,” says Prof. T. Pradeep from the Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of…

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Posted on January 17, 2016July 15, 2016

IIT Madras: A novel way to produce safer drinking water

Making drinking water a lot safer by killing an overwhelming number of bacteria and most viruses is now possible. A novel research to this end was carried out by a…

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