Lightning in a Canteen
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An emerging health problem is water contamination of our freshwater supplies, from waste derived from pharmaceuticals, personal care products, and industry. Health impacts to the public and aquatic life range from endochrine disruption to cancer. Advanced waterpurification treatment of both domestic drinking water and treated waste water is needed because conventional water treatment methods are inadequate for the increasing trace amounts of these contaminants and because the resiliency of domestic water supplies against issues such as drought and infrastructure failure need to be improved. "Advanced oxidation", which introduces reactive oxygen species (ROS), such as ozone, hydrogen peroxide and hydroxyls, for degrading contaminants into harmless byproducts by a process known as mineralization, is a conventional solution but requires non-water consumables, i.e., chemicals. In contrast, introducing "plasma" to interact with the problem water can drive advanced oxidation without the need for non-water consumables and can be tailored to address a wide range of contaminants. In this talk, we review the threats to freshwater supplies, the shortcomings of conventional methods, and the promising solution posed by the interaction of plasma with water. Anecdotal cases of the effectiveness of this fascinating and effective approach to water treatment will be presented. |
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Lightning in a Canteen |
Creator |
University of California, Berkeley. Dept. of Physics |
Published |
Berkeley, CA, University of California, Berkeley, Dept. of Physics, March 2, 2020 |
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Physics Colloquia |
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Video |
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Lecture. |
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1 streaming video file |
Other Physical Details |
digital, sd., col. |
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Physics Library |
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Recorded at a colloquium held on March 2, 2020, sponsored by the Dept. of Physics, University of California, Berkeley. originally produced as an .mts file in 2020 Speakers: John Foster. |
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Physics Colloquia |
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colloquia/3-2-20Foster.mp4 01:03:58 |
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