Eutrophication poses threats to aquatic ecosystems, necessitating effective mitigation methods. This study has evaluated the efficacy of aluminium treatment in reducing eutrophication under acidic conditions in various water bodies using spectrophotometry and gravimetry. Results indicate a correlation between increased...
Thermally triggered motion of pyrolytic graphite on a magnet array
When hydrocarbon is heated to its decomposition temperature pyrolytic graphite can be crystalized in ordered layers. This material has an unusual characteristic. It can levitate above a chequerboard arrangement of magnets due to its diamagnetic property. We delved into...
Valuable Products from Waste Cotton – Optimising the Pre-treatment of Cellulose Nanocrystal Production
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer in the world – cellulose originating from waste textiles has the potential to be recycled into valuable future applications. Cellulose nanocrystals, CNCs, are the crystalline regions of cellulose fibrils and can be separated...
Identifying diet based on hair isotopic analysis: A case study of modern and archaeological humans
Quantitative information about dietary patterns of modern or archeological humans can provide insight into the lives, status or even moral principles of the individuals. This case study analysed 8 modern humans from different dietary groups and 3 archeological humans,...
Cooling solar panels in the Sahara with the use of hydrogel
- September 1, 2023
- Chemistry, Nederlands
This project is about the cooling of solar panels with hydrogel in the Sahara desert. It is already known that solar panels lose a significant fraction of their efficiency when they are exposed to high temperatures. This project did...
NutriBean+
Grain legumes have been of great interest to the European community as they show favourable nutritional and environmental traits. These crops, thus, are key to the Farm to Fork Strategy. The Sobrero and Marconi High Schools, with the assistance...
Hidden Agenda: TFA – The invisible danger in our water
The aim of our project is to survey trifluoracetate (TFA) concentrations in surface waters in the Vienna Basin for the first time in Austria and to investigate the impact of TFA on plants. Thus, it should be shown that...
Alternative production of hydrogen
Producing green hydrogen is one of the most important problems today. The main method is pure water electrolysis, which is not very profitable from a business point of view. Our project seems to solve this problem. We propose to...