Researchers have used liquid metals to turn carbon dioxide back into solid coal, in a world-first breakthrough that could transform our approach to carbon capture and storage.
The research team led by RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, have developed a new technique that can efficiently convert CO2 from a gas into solid particles of carbon.
Published in the journal Nature Communications, the research offers an alternative pathway for safely and permanently removing the greenhouse gas from our atmosphere.
Current technologies for carbon capture and storage focus on compressing CO2 into a liquid form, transporting it to a suitable site and injecting it underground.
(Score: 2) by HiThere on Thursday February 28 2019, @05:53PM
From reports (above) of what the article said the end product would not be anthracite. It would have embedded gases and cerium (and other stuff). And this is just a lab bench setup, so a production version would probably be considerably more contaminated...either that or it would only produce carbon dust after impurities were removed. (IOW coke powder...which, admittedly, and substitute for anthracite in many processes, but at a much higher cost.)
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