The plant can be compressed and refined through a chemical process to create an extremely dense form of activated carbon; with a few grams they claim ‘having a surface area equivalent to the city of Glasgow’. The process of carbon filtration can utilize this non-toxic form of the element to cleanse fluids of impurities such as medical alcohol and drinking water that would not be possible without such a high surface area. The ramifications of this, particularly for Cuba’s economy, are extreme because having such a cheap and abundant material could lead to the Island state’s famed rum industry seeing exponential growth, as well a huge potential for clean water supply to many developing Latin countries, particularly in South America.
But Marabou carbon will also have applications in the energy industry, says Strathclyde’s research team as its incredible surface area also buy weed in uk online makes it an excellent material for lightweight rechargeable batteries. These new ‘Lithium-Oxygen’ batteries being devised in league with the University of St. Andrews could revolutionize the electric powered car industry. Due to the surface area of this particular carbon, the batteries themselves are around fifteen times lighter than their market competitor which translates to roughly fifteen times the capacity for storing energy. The upshot of this is that, with time and development, in the near future electrical cars will become a far more practical alternative to fossil fuelled transport, because the capacity of these batteries will allow them to travel many hundreds of kilometres, as opposed to the paltry few dozen they do currently.