Researchers from the University of South Denmark have synthesized a material that can bind and store oxygen in high concentrations. The new material is synthesized crystalline materials, the key ingredient being cobalt. Cobalt gives the new material the correct molecular structure and electronic structure that enables it to absorb oxygen from its surroundings. Once the substance has absorbed the oxygen, it can be stored in the material until its released. An important aspect of this new material is that is doesn’t irreversibly react with oxygen. The material can be used to bind, store, and transport oxygen, but it doesn’t alter anything about the oxygen. This new material can hold up to three times as much oxygen as the average oxygen tank. This new discovery will be valuable for lung patients who carry heavy oxygen tanks with the, divers under water, and the preservation of food and other products that are contaminated by oxygen. It’s most beneficial for lung patients and divers because they no longer need to carry around heavy oxygen tanks, and can instead take a few grains of this new product filled with oxygen.
Submitted by Natasha Peregrim
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