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Through a process called pyrolysis, carbon waste from tires is transformed into a crucial component of the desalination unit.
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Now, researchers from Sophia University in Japan and Università di Pavia in Italy have announced a new method that uses an inexpensive microwave process and the scientific principle of pyrolysis to deal with both issues.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
Revenue was generated from the company's subsidiary, Clean-Seas Morocco, through the sale of pyrolysis oil.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Biochar: Converts organic material into a stable form of carbon through pyrolysis, which can then be used in soils to sequester carbon and improve soil health.
—Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 9 Jan. 2025
Now, researchers from Sophia University in Japan and Università di Pavia in Italy have announced a new method that uses an inexpensive microwave process and the scientific principle of pyrolysis to deal with both issues.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 31 Dec. 2024
Revenue was generated from the company's subsidiary, Clean-Seas Morocco, through the sale of pyrolysis oil.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 19 Nov. 2024
Biochar: Converts organic material into a stable form of carbon through pyrolysis, which can then be used in soils to sequester carbon and improve soil health.
—Rob Van Straten, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
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“Pyrolysis.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pyrolysis. Accessed 24 Jan. 2025.
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pyrolysis
noun
py·rol·y·sis
pī-ˈräl-ə-səs 
plural pyrolyses
-ˌsēz
: chemical change brought about by the action of heat
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