A group of researchers from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Pune have developed a novel hybrid aerogel capable of easily extracting gold from electronic waste.
Key Uses
The aerogel’s unique structural composition was treated with iron nitrate salts and maintained at room temperature for about two to five minutes.
This specially designed aerogel was found to be effective in extracting and retrieving upto 99 per cent of gold ions from the e-waste.
Aerogels are most preferred in environment and oil spill clean up, for insulation purposes and more.
Aerogels are a diverse class of porous, solid materials that exhibit an uncanny array of extreme materials properties.
Most notably aerogels are known for their extreme low densities. In fact, the lowest density solid materials that have ever been produced are all aerogels.
