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They create a new cheaper hydrogen fuel cell that uses iron instead of platinum

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 16, 2022.
Hydrogen fuel cells are an environmentally friendly technology that converts hydrogen into electricity, with heat and water being the only by-products. This makes them an attractive green alternative to portable power. However, fuel cell technology has been limited by its high cost, using scarce and expensive materials such as platinum for the catalyst.

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This Wednesday we will have a special program with Bob Chalker and Samir Degan

Free translation and writing by: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 16, 2022.
This Wednesday, May 18, at 6:00 p.m. (Houston / Colombia time) Inspenet TV will broadcast a special interview with Bob Chalker, Chief Executive Officer at AMPP (Association for Materials Protection & Performance) and Samir Degan, former president of NACE, who will be exchanging technical experiences on industrial issues with Inspenet’s director of operations, Ing. Antonio Zavarce.

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Oil and Gas

UNAM researchers manage to decontaminate water and recover oil using nanotechnology

By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, May 13, 2022.
Researchers from the Faculty of Higher Studies (FES) Cuautitlán of the National Autonomous University of Mexico, led by Yolanda Marina Vargas Rodríguez, manage to adsorb contaminants from water through the development of halloysite nanotubes, a clay mineral, and magnetite, another mineral that generates magnetism.

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