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		sargun 3 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Electrolysis can solve one of our biggest contamin... So, you’re essentially washing the soil in DMSO, and DDT is more soluble in DMSO? — curious, what does it take to wash all that soil?

zdragnar 3 months ago [–]

Assuming it doesn't break down under electrolysis, the DMSO can be recovered, so you only use as much as you can process at a time.

It is apparently used in some battery chemistries, so I'd expect losses to be pretty low if the equipment is set up well.

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