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Water Filtration Using Plant Xylem
- Source :
- PLoS ONE, PLoS, PLoS ONE, Vol 9, Iss 2, p e89934 (2014)
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014.
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Abstract
- Effective point-of-use devices for providing safe drinking water are urgently needed to reduce the global burden of waterborne disease. Here we show that plant xylem from the sapwood of coniferous trees - a readily available, inexpensive, biodegradable, and disposable material - can remove bacteria from water by simple pressure-driven filtration. Approximately 3 cm3 of sapwood can filter water at the rate of several liters per day, sufficient to meet the clean drinking water needs of one person. The results demonstrate the potential of plant xylem to address the need for pathogen-free drinking water in developing countries and resource-limited settings.<br />Comment: 11 pages, 4 figures
- Subjects :
- lcsh:Medicine
law.invention
Engineering
law
Nanotechnology
lcsh:Science
Multidisciplinary
Chemistry
food and beverages
Waterborne diseases
Physics - Fluid Dynamics
Chemical Engineering
Pulp and paper industry
Wood
6. Clean water
Pinus
Medicine
Water treatment
Public Health
Research Article
Environmental Engineering
Water Management
Materials Science
FOS: Physical sciences
Portable water purification
Fluid Mechanics
Water Purification
Natural Materials
Xylem
Botany
Pressure
medicine
Particle Size
Filtration
Nanomaterials
Drinking Water
Mechanical Engineering
lcsh:R
fungi
Fluid Dynamics (physics.flu-dyn)
Pinus
medicine.disease
Filter (aquarium)
Water resources
13. Climate action
Nanoengineering
Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
lcsh:Q
Sanitary Engineering
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 19326203
- Volume :
- 9
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- PLoS ONE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....e12e0d3a309b9026229c2e2e785e28c2