China finds a way to extract uranium from seawater at 8 times US target
- Chinese scientists developed PhosCage, a sponge-like material that captures uranium from seawater.
- PhosCage extracted 50.4 mg of uranium per gram in 10 days, 8.4 times the US benchmark.
- The material reached adsorption equilibrium in just five minutes under laboratory conditions.
- China hopes the technology could tap vast ocean uranium reserves, but commercial use remains distant.
Source: moneycontrol.com
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