{"id":3308,"date":"2017-04-14T19:33:10","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:33:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/?p=3308"},"modified":"2017-04-14T19:33:10","modified_gmt":"2017-04-14T19:33:10","slug":"%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%bd%d1%8b%d1%85-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%8f%d1%85-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%8b%d0%bb-%d0%b2%d0%be","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%bd%d1%8b%d1%85-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%8f%d1%85-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%8b%d0%bb-%d0%b2%d0%be\/","title":{"rendered":"The device on solar batteries extracted water from the air of the desert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/i.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3309\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-3309\" src=\"http:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/i-300x201.jpg\" alt=\"i\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/i-300x201.jpg 300w, https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/i.jpg 321w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Chemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley created a &#8220;spongy&#8221; device capable of absorbing water from the dry air of the desert. The new device operates on solar panels. The study is published in the journal Science.<\/p>\n<p>Water, which is in the atmosphere in the form of water vapor, suspended drops or ice crystals, is equivalent to 10% of all fresh water in lakes and rivers of the Earth. However, an effective way of extracting water from the air, especially at low humidity, has not yet been developed. Such a method of obtaining water would be very useful in countries with a deficit of fresh water.<\/p>\n<p>In 2014, scientists from the University of California at Berkeley synthesized polymers that effectively absorbed water even in low humidity (about 20%). Chemists turned to engineers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to create a device for extracting water from air based on these polymers.<\/p>\n<p>Chemists used the so-called organometallic coordination polymers. These polymers are built from inorganic blocks, which are connected together by organic ligands. Scientists have worked with porous coordination polymers &#8211; in their skeletons there are regularly located cavities with a certain size and shape. Choosing different metals and organic ligands, researchers can vary the properties of organometallic polymers, control what substances they will &#8220;catch&#8221; and how long to hold.<\/p>\n<p>The device created by engineers, powered by the energy of the sun, works at night, sucking steam from the air, and then turns it into water during the day. This device has perfectly proved itself in practice: for a day the polymer collected about three liters of water from the dry air of the desert.<\/p>\n<p>Researchers say that in the future the device will become more efficient and commercially available. They hope that soon the inhabitants of the arid regions of the world will be able to use such devices.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chemists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the University of California at Berkeley created a &#8220;spongy&#8221; device capable of absorbing water from the dry air of the desert. The new device operates on solar panels. The study is published in the journal Science. Water, which is in the atmosphere in the form of water [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-default vslmd-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/%d0%bf%d1%80%d0%b8%d0%b1%d0%be%d1%80-%d0%bd%d0%b0-%d1%81%d0%be%d0%bb%d0%bd%d0%b5%d1%87%d0%bd%d1%8b%d1%85-%d0%b1%d0%b0%d1%82%d0%b0%d1%80%d0%b5%d1%8f%d1%85-%d0%b4%d0%be%d0%b1%d1%8b%d0%bb-%d0%b2%d0%be\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3308"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3310,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3308\/revisions\/3310"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3308"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3308"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/polymers.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3308"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}