sodium ions & water molcules

colin kish

6th February 2007 - 03:54 AM

http://www.physorg.com/news67262683.html

Greetings
Please advise whether research indicates that the sodium ions and chlorine ions are detached from the water molecule as it passes through the membrane.

Do the sodium ions and chlorine ions also pass through the nanotube ?
Best regards
Colin Kish

kaneda

26th February 2007 - 08:21 AM

It looks like large molecules will get through this filter but not impurities on the nanometer scale. This article on the same page dealt with processing salt water :

http://www.physorg.com/news90599715.html

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