We all remember the Little Mermaid, Sponge Bob and Aquaman - these are some of the most recognizable characters who can breathe underwater. Soon we will all be under water without oxygen tank. And this is not the plot of the new film!
Recently, a team of scientists from Denmark discovered that what many dream since childhood - a tool that will help to breathe underwater. They called it the crystals that bind and store pure oxygen. Moreover, scientists have found a way to accommodate an entire room with oxygen in the small bucket with crystals.
Just a few small grains enough for one breath. Also, crystals pull oxygen from the water around the diver, so there is no need to bring more than a few crystal grains. When a crystal is saturated with oxygen - it can be compared to a container filled with a pressurized gas. But there is a significant difference - in the crystal oxygen is three times more!
One can not deny the importance of this scientific breakthrough for divers and divers, but there are still some unresolved problems: the need to take into account the effect of water pressure on the human body and the fact that people usually do not breathe pure oxygen - they breathe a mixture of different gases.
Nevertheless, the fact that there is a tool that can breathe underwater, amazing!
Scientists who discovered crystals, compare them with a sponge, absorbing oxygen. And unlike other substances, which also react with oxygen, the crystals have the unique property - maintaining life.
There is another good use recently discovered crystals, they can be useful not only for divers who want to stay longer under water. Also, the crystals may be present for lung cancer patients. Now they have to go with heavy tanks, and human health are not easy to wear all day. But with the advent of crystals, for people suffering from lung cancer, will not have to drag behind an encumbering cylinders - it will be enough to take a few crystals!
On the one hand, this discovery seems steep, though useless for science, on the other hand - it is very important for modern medicine.
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