Coastal cities are turning to ocean desalination to supplement dwindling fresh water supplies. Now Berkeley Lab scientists seeking to make desalination less expensive have hit on promising design rules for making so-called “thermally responsive” ionic liquids to separate water from salt. https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2019/07/31/new-recipes-for-taking-salt-out-of-seawater/
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