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Cleaning water from plastic using magnets

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© Martin Wagner et al. [CC BY 4.0]

A new way to make magnetite (Fe304) connect with microplastic particles and then to extract it together with the microplastic particles from polluted water with a magnet has been developed.

related: #microplastics #magnet #magnetite

News seen at: Forschung und Wissen (in German)

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