Making use of Earth’s biggest resource: a quantitative look at ocean water purification

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Making use of Earth’s biggest resource: a quantitative look at ocean water purification Smyth, Matthew

Abstract

Three methods of simple sea water purification were examined and compared to one another to find the most effective and the most efficient way of lowering the salt levels of sea water. Water filtration using a Brita filter was least effective, but very efficient. Freezing the water was effective in cutting the water down to below a third of its initial salt concentration, while distilling the water was most effective, and required the most amount of energy.

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Title	Making use of Earth’s biggest resource: a quantitative look at ocean water purification
Creator	Smyth, Matthew
Date Issued	2010-04
Description	Three methods of simple sea water purification were examined and compared to one another to find the most effective and the most efficient way of lowering the salt levels of sea water. Water filtration using a Brita filter was least effective, but very efficient. Freezing the water was effective in cutting the water down to below a third of its initial salt concentration, while distilling the water was most effective, and required the most amount of energy.
Genre	Report
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. Science One Research Projects
Date Available	2016-11-22
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0107218
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/26831
Affiliation	Science, Faculty of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Undergraduate
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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