When serpentine dissolves in sulfuric acid, the silicon in the mineral becomes silicon dioxide, or sand, and falls to the bottom, while the magnesium becomes magnesium sulfate. Treating some of this ...
Environmentalists and fishermen are pushing back against a plan from a group of scientists who want to dump more than 60,000 gallons of sodium hydroxide, more commonly known as lye, into the ocean off ...
A new reactor powered in part by microbes can generate hydrogen gas while producing solutions of hydrochloric acid and sodium hydroxide for use in carbon dioxide sequestration (Environ. Sci. Technol.