Foreign media: A Chinese research team recently announced that they have successfully developed a new technology system powered by solar energy, which can efficiently extract and collect boron elements from seawater.
Boron is an important light element, one of the solid fuels used in the scramjet engines (Scramjet) of some advanced Chinese hypersonic weapons. At the same time, boron is an essential raw material in the manufacturing process of neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnet materials. These high-performance rare earth magnets are widely used in industrial and military fields, and they have important strategic significance in the current international competition for critical minerals.
China is one of the world's largest consumers of boron, but its domestic resources are not abundant. The main production of boron ore in the world is concentrated in Turkey and the United States. Researchers pointed out that although seawater contains trace amounts of boron, traditional reverse osmosis desalination technology is difficult to effectively remove it, and may even lead to enrichment of boron concentration. If people drink desalinated water with excessive boron content for a long time, it may harm human health. Therefore, this technology has significant value in terms of resource security and public health.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1850956649133132/
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