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> Ten Angstroms is equivalent to a billionth of a metre.

I love completely misleading explanations for the laymen. And I bet they'd get a much more impressive figure if they comapared the ten Angstrons with a light year.

The important detail here is that ten Angstrons is several times bigger than sodium and chloride ions. The researchers want a filter that allows for desalination, but all they got is one that allows for purification.




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