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Dehydrated alfalfa prevents scale in sea water evaporators

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The most economical method of obtaining potable water from sea water is distillation. This method would be more economical if scale formation in evaporators could be eliminated. The present article suggests a completely new and different approach to the problem of eliminating scale in sea water evaporators.

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  1. LOUIS ST. CYR and JOSEPH WOCASEK Chemical Laboratories, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wis.

    Hermann Karl

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Karl, H. Dehydrated alfalfa prevents scale in sea water evaporators. Econ Bot 9, 72–77 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02984962

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