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Home → Blog → Nano-Enhanced Washing Machines

Nano-Enhanced Washing Machines

Posted on April 2, 2006 by Lynn Charles Rathbun

If you’ve ever walked down the clothing detergent aisle at the supermarket, you may have had a hard time deciding which brand of detergent would kill the most bacteria or give you the cleanest clothes. Now, Samsung has developed a new washing machine called the Silver Nano Health Systems which shoots nano-sized silver ions into the water. The designers at Samsung claim that this new technology will kill 99.9% of odor-causing bacteria. The silver ions will attack and destroy the cell walls of bacteria, and coats the clothing so that any bacteria coming into contact with the ions will stop reproducing for up to 30 days!

Source:Nano washing machine heading to the U.K.

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