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Can all of the earths water be used for drinking?
no, human cannot drink from sea water directly, but desalinisation plants can remove the salt from sea water making it drinkable. It can be done now, but is very expensive to do, but in the future they might/will become more important and 'economical' to carry out.
What is it called when you remove salt from saltwater?
Desalination, desalinization, or desalinisation refers to any of several processes that remove excess salt and other minerals from water. More generally, desalination may also refer to the removal of salts and minerals, as in soil desalination.
How is desalinisation done?
Desalinization can be done by either: * Distillation: A process where the salty water is boiled and the steam is condensed into pure liquid water * Reverse osmosis: A process where pressurized salty water is placed on one side of a semi-permeable membrane. The water molecules pass through the membrane and the salt molecules stay behind. Pure water is collected on the low pressure side.
What is the technology used in UAE to get drinking water from salt water?
The technology is called desalination. There are two processes which are used: Desalinisation by distillation - an industrial process where water is boiled and the water vapor condensed, the water containing concentrated salt (or brine) is then removed. Reverse Osmosis - industrial process although there are smaller commercial or domestic units available. Water containing salt is forced through a permeable membrane (opposite to osmosis), this results in the salts being removed and fresh water produced on one side of the membrane and brine being retained on the other side.
How is the sea water purified into drinking water in United Arab Emirates?
The process is called desalinisation. There are a few processes, but the main ones is done by heat. It involves taking seawater (which is water containing dissolved salts). Heating the seawater to boiling point and allowing, the pure water evaporates as steam, the steam is collected and condensed back into fresh water. The dissolved salts cannot evaporate become concentrated as "brine", this concentrated salt water is then pumped back into the sea, and the fresh water pumped to consumers. Most emirates use natural gas (which is abundant in the region) to heat the water to boiling point.
What piece of equipment can be used to separate sand from water and salt?
The easiest would be to use: two glasses, distilled water and a burner. Put your sand-salt mixture in a glass and add water. Water will dissolve the salt, while sand will stay unchanged. Pour the water (now it is salt solution) into another glass. Heat the second glass (with the salt solution) until all the water evaporates. Now you are left with two glasses:The first one contains only the sand, while the second contains only the salt.
