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World's First "Porous Liquid" Could Be Used For CO2 Sequestration (gizmag.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the cooling-things-down dept.

Zothecula sends word that scientists have developed the world's first "porous" liquid that can potentially be used to capture carbon emissions. Gizmag reports: "The Italians have a colorful expression – to make a hole in water – to describe an effort with no hope of succeeding. Researchers at Queen's University Belfast (QUB), however, have seemingly managed the impossible, creating a class of liquids that feature permanent holes at the molecular level. The properties of the new materials are still largely unknown, but what has been gleaned so far suggests they could be used for more convenient carbon capturing or as a molecular sieve to quickly separate different gases."

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  1. Soda by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    So they've invented soda?

    1. Re:Soda by Beck_Neard · · Score: 4, Insightful

      The porosity in question is different, more like zeolite than a liquid with bubbles in it. Plus, the liquid in question has permanent porosity, unlike soda (or any liquid with bubbles in it) which has only temporary porosity.

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  2. I don't see it. by BarbaraHudson · · Score: 3, Insightful

    So, we're going to synthesize even more products from oil (at who knows what contribution to the CO2 problem) to temporarily sequester the CO2 ... temporary because any molecule that is a better "fit" for the molecular cage will displace the CO2. Plus all the energy implementing the sequestration process by injecting it into the ground... Sort of like fracking ...

    Why not just cut back on fossil fuel burning? Oh no's, can't have that, can we?

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