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Sandia scientists achieve breakthrough in tackling PFAS contamination

June 1, 2023 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A team at Sandia National Laboratories is developing materials to tackle what has become one of the biggest problems in the world: human exposure to a group of chemicals known as PFAS through contaminated water and other products. Sandia is now investing more money to take their...

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering, Technology transfer / Economic Impact

Topics: breakthrough, clean water, contamination, environment, filter, forever chemicals, hazmat, health, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, perfluoroalkyl, pfas, polyfluoroalkyl, sustainability, toxin, water pollution

Reducing power plants’ freshwater consumption with Sandia’s new silica filter

October 18, 2017 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Power plants draw more freshwater than any other consumer in the United States, accounting for more than 50 percent of the nation’s freshwater use at about 500 billion gallons daily. To help save this water, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a new silica filter for...

Categories: Chemistry, Energy / Environment / Water, Science / Technology / Engineering

Topics: cooling, cost, energy, filter, freshwater, hydrotalcite, material, method, power, process, recycle, silica, water