How can photocatalysts be used to reduce Chromium VI in drinking water?
Channel: Science Showcase
Date: 30/05/2017

How can photocatalysts be used to reduce Chromium VI in drinking water?

This video explores the basics of photocatalysis and drinking water treatment - and in particular the conversion of harmful chromium six (Cr VI) to safer chromium three (Cr III) - using nanoscale titanium dioxide (TiO2).

Created and narrated by Hangkun Jing, Arizona State University

This video was made with the support of the NSF-funded Nanotechnology-Enabled Water Treatment (NEWT) Engineering Research Center - a collaboration between Rice University, Arizona State University, Yale University, and the University of Texas El Paso. 
More at: http://www.newtcenter.org/