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HTTP:: New 039 Space Water 039 Quality Testing Method Devised
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Scientists from the University of Utah have recently announced the creation of a new method of assessing the quality of the water that astronauts drink in orbit. While, at first glance, the process may seem similar to what goes on down on Earth, this is not the case. For example, aboard the International Space Station, it is critically important that no astronaut catches a stomach bug. This can bring about a host of problems, and can be easily avoided if the water that is available is clean.The new test, which only takes about two minutes to complete, is reportedly able to identify perils associated with poorly treated water, though the chances of some reaching the ISS are extremely small. The new technique developed at the UU has just begun a six-month trial period aboard the ISS. “Now they bring water back on the space shuttle and analyze it on the ground. The problem is there is a big delay. You'd like to be able to maintain iodine or silver [disinfectant] levels in re!
al time with an onboard monitor,” UU Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering Marc Porter explains.According to its developers, the new method is simple, effective and cheap. Water is sampled from the galley aboard the ISS, and then forced by a syringe to pass through a chemically ...
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