There Is Such Thing As Dry Water [Science]

Don’t question me what voodoo they used but scientists have created dry water. Well, they originally invented it back in 1968 but they’ve recently re-discovered it and this time, found an exact use for it.

First, dry water, how does that even make sense? Ben Carter, Ph.D, the researcher, explains:

[It's] is called ” dry water” because it includes 95 percent water and yet is a dry powder. Each powder particle incorporates a water droplet surrounded by modified silica, the stuff that makes up ordinary beach sand. The silica coating prevents the water droplets from combining and turning back into a liquid. The outcome is an outstanding powder that could slurp up gases, which chemically combine with the water molecules to form what chemists term a hydrate.

So what will we use it for? Apparently, those fine grains of water do a powerful job in absorbing and storing carbon dioxide, which in the event you didn’t know contributes to global warming.

There’s also other potential uses for dry water equivalent to jumpstarting chemical reactions and providing a safer technique to transport and store harmful industrial materials. That’s all fine by me, I’m just stunned that I will be able to say dry water and not have my brain explode. Hmm, I ponder if I will be able to swim in it. [ Science Daily ]

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