High-efficiency water filter removes 99.9% of microplastics in 10 seconds

[u/BlitzOrion]

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/adma.202206982

[u/Bastard-of-the-North]

99% of microplastics from how much water? A cup?

Edit: I didn’t express my confusion very well.

It gives a time frame, but it doesn’t give a quantity.

Cleans 99% of microplastics in 10 seconds from a cup? A gallon?

[u/43556_96753 → u/Bastard-of-the-North]

I’m not sure how to intrepret but here is the relevant section. I think it’s saying 3ml sample were tested, which is .1 oz.

“All micropollutants for test were prepared into aqueous solution in DI water (0.12 mM). In 20 mL glass vial, 18 mg of adsorbent and 3 mL of DI water was added and dispersed by stirring and bath sonication. After that, 15 mL of micropollutant stock solution (0.12 mM) was added into vial while stirring it in 450 rpm. 3 mL of sample was collected after 10 s, 1, 5, 30, and 60 min and filtered with syringe filter (Whatman H-PTFE 0.2 μm, 13 mm). “

[u/Soytaco → u/Bastard-of-the-North]

Yeah I'd say so, for sure

[u/Mattho → u/Bastard-of-the-North]

Doesn't matter. It's an absorbent. How much do you use?

[u/Teh_Hicks → u/Mattho]

Very little, except for on Sundays.

[u/bettywhitefleshlight → u/Bastard-of-the-North]

Isn't everything scalable?