Cheap Asphalt Provides 'Green' Carbon Capture (IMAGE)

Rice University

Cheap Asphalt Provides 'Green' Carbon Capture

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Each grain of a powder drawn from asphalt has the ability to capture more than its own weight in carbon dioxide under pressure. The material invented at Rice University is intended to separate carbon dioxide from streams at natural gas wellheads.

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Jeff Fitlow/Rice University

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