Portable water filter using reliable and cheap materials
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anonymousdolphin
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Portable water filter using reliable and cheap materials
Hi, for my science fair project I decided to make a portable water filter that is simple and uses reliable and cheap materials. My problem is that I don't know where to start with making my own unique yet simple water filter and I can't find much information on how commercially available water filtration systems work. Do you have any suggestions or advice for me on what materials I should use and what I should do to make it unique? I would really appreciate it if I can get help soon.
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theborg
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Re: Portable water filter using reliable and cheap materials
anonymousdolphin,
Thank you for your question. What question are you trying to answer with the scientific method? Just making a water filter sounds like an engineering project. Perhaps if you used the scientific method to determine the best materials and techniques to use in a home filter. You would need several of the more common materials and water test kit able to test for the contaminants you are trying to remove.
Here is a link to a website that explains how water filters work and why they usually use more than one filtering technique.
www.explainthatstuff.com/howwaterfilterswork.html
Thank you for your question. What question are you trying to answer with the scientific method? Just making a water filter sounds like an engineering project. Perhaps if you used the scientific method to determine the best materials and techniques to use in a home filter. You would need several of the more common materials and water test kit able to test for the contaminants you are trying to remove.
Here is a link to a website that explains how water filters work and why they usually use more than one filtering technique.
www.explainthatstuff.com/howwaterfilterswork.html
Hope this helps.
theborg
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Re: Portable water filter using reliable and cheap materials
Hello, anonymousdolphin!
Here's another way you can do an experiment using water filters! Check out this science buddy project idea: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... #materials
Even if you choose not do the same experiment, there's a lot of helpful hints as to how to build a water filter and what materials you can use! Hope this helps
Here's another way you can do an experiment using water filters! Check out this science buddy project idea: https://www.sciencebuddies.org/science- ... #materials
Even if you choose not do the same experiment, there's a lot of helpful hints as to how to build a water filter and what materials you can use! Hope this helps