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Home → Blog → Osorb, Absorbs, Crud

Osorb, Absorbs, Crud

Posted on October 16, 2012 by Lynn Charles Rathbun

Scientists at the College of Wooster in Ohio have once again proven that sometimes good things come out of random discovers.  So is the case with Osorb a nanomaterial made of glass that helps clean up water.  The nanomaterial wich is made from nanometer-scale glass particles swells when it comes in contact with various pollutants like hydrocarbons.  Clean water is probably one of the most important things facing society and a lot of manufacturing produces stuff that we don’t want to drink.  Add a bit of Osorb and it removes the pollutants, plus you can use Osorb again and again.

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