Novel Filter Material Could Cut Natural Gas Refining Costs (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

Novel Filter Material Could Cut Natural Gas Refining Costs

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Iron projecting into the pore of the tubelike metal-organic framework (center, looking down its roughly nanometer-wide opening) attracts the light hydrocarbon molecules that surround it to varying degrees. These varied attraction levels could make the framework more efficient at hydrocarbon separation than current refinery processes.

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