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forgotmypw on Feb 8, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: Simple, solar-powered water desalination

Would this process also be useful for filtering polluted water?

Several pollutants I have in mind are VOCs and fluorine compounds.

Hopefully there is someone here that is qualified to answer this question.

i_am_nomad on Feb 8, 2020 [–]

Probably depends on the vapor pressureS of the VOCs; if less than water, then no.

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