Sergio Rico invents "solid rainwater" through a process that could revolutionize agriculture. It consists of optimizing the use of rainwater. "Working on the recovery of rainwater, we found a way to solidify it to give it another value. I was inspired by baby diapers that allow liquid to be absorbed in a minimum of space. And, it was from there that I had the idea of transforming rainwater by keeping it in molecular form in a highly absorbent acrylate whose characteristic is to store up to 500 times its weight in water without modifying its chemical structure", says Sergio Rico.
Rainwater, collected from the roofs, is channeled to a tank in which it is sufficient to pour a dose of 1,5 grams of potassium polyacrylate for 1 liter of water. In 15 minutes, we witness the process of water solidification. Ionization and precipitation then occur which allow water molecules to stick to polymers, resulting in water in grains, in the solid state. With this process, there is no need for pumps, pipes, electric power, tankers to transport the liquid. Solidified water can be put in plastic bags that can be easily stored until needed.
Plants have no stress
Potassium polyacrylate allows liquids to gel and rehydrate them as many times as you want for eight to ten years. It is a kind of white powder that looks like sugar. For the mixture, the Mexican chemist, who knows his country well, uses as a unit of measurement the cap of any bottle of carbonated drink, because he knows that the peasants of the hamlets or small villages to whom this is primarily addressed. technology do not have an accurate scale to weigh 1,60 grams of polyacrylate.
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