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The researchers at IIT Madras designs a system to recycle urine
The researchers at IIT Madras have designed a system titled ‘Project Water Chakra’ to recycle human urine. The project won the Indian Innovation Growth Programme 2.0 award in July 2019. The researchers have retrofitted urinals on the campus to collect urine i.e. then processed into several useful materials for use in manufacturing. The concentrated urine ..
Topics: Ammonia • Chemical elements • Chemistry • Dietary minerals • Household chemicals • Natural sciences • Nitrogen cycle • Physical sciences • Reducing agents • Struvite • Urinal • Urine
Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) grants first license for Liquid Chlorine on All India basis
As per Indian Standard (IS) 646:1986, the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) has granted the first license to M/s Gujarat Alkalies and Chemicals Ltd for Liquid Chlorine on All India basis. The licence has been made operative with effect from 12th April, 2018 for a period of one year. The product ‘Liquid Chlorine’ is in ..
Month: Current Affairs - April, 2018
Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs
Topics: Bleach • Chemical substances • Chemistry • Chlorine • Disinfectants • Household chemicals • Industrial gases • Oxidizing agents • Physical sciences • Pulmonary agents • Sterilization • Water
Radha Mohan Singh launches Rapid Detection Kits for adulterants in fresh fish
Radha Mohan Singh, the Union Agriculture and Farmers Welfare Minister, has launched the Rapid Detection Kits for adulterants (ammonia and formaldehyde) in fresh fish in New Delhi on January 30, 2018, which has been developed by Central Institute of Fisheries Technology (CIFT), Kochi. Ammonia helps in preventing ice from melting and use of formaldehyde increases ..
Topics: Aldehydes • Ammonia • Central Institute of Fisheries Technology • Chemical elements • Chemical substances • Chemistry • Fish physiology • Formaldehyde • Household chemicals • Nitrogen cycle