To do it, the researchers made precursor solutions
with sodium alginate, a compound derived from seaweed that is known to be capable of ionic crosslinking.
Not exact matches
In the new study, researchers combined a naturally abundant raw material,
sodium alginate (a polysaccharide that can be extracted from seaweed and algae)
with a high - volume industrial by - product, silica fume (a by - product of ferrosilicon or silicon metal alloy processing) to produce a «green» adsorbent that is better than activated carbon.
Taking advantage of the gelling properties of
alginate, the researchers combined it
with the decomposition of food - grade
sodium - bicarbonate (baking soda) to consolidate the material.