Extracting trace elements from sea water

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PMN1
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Extracting trace elements from sea water

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How about extracting trace elements from sea water, this has already been suggested for OTEC plants but if you can supply even more energy at low cost?

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Desalinization is something the DOC mentions & will be very important in the coming decades, of course (lol) Boron is found in sea water.
I like the p-B11 resonance peak at 50 KV acceleration. In2 years we'll know.

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I think we don´t need to search B11 in the sea water. The 80% of the total amount of boron is the isotope B11 (the rest is B10) , so the land should be plenty of it.

Which kind of extracted elements are you referring in this question? Give us some examples and its utility.

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What cheap methods of getting that 80% out exist ?

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I couldn't say how it is done, but isotopically separated Boron is widely used in making semiconductors.

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Do you need any special licenses to buy it, or can anyone just order some off ebay ?

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Depends.

If you buy it as a Boron Hydride it is quite dangerous.

If you go to the people that make it and buy it as boron it is less hazardous.

Search - boron semiconductor specialty gas isotope

Ought to bring up something useful.

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jlumartinez wrote:
Which kind of extracted elements are you referring in this question? Give us some examples and its utility.
None in particular, a Wiki article and a few others I have looked at since suggest that with OTEC, you will be pumping large amounts of water so why not use some of the energy to extract elements...

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Nanos wrote:What cheap methods of getting that 80% out exist ?
One way is to use heating/condensation or distilling which should leave behind all the minerals in the sea water. This in effect is removing the Boron from the seawater.
I like the p-B11 resonance peak at 50 KV acceleration. In2 years we'll know.

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