HONG KONG (Reuters) – Chemical extracts from cigarette butts -- so toxic they kill fish -- can be used to safeguard dirk pipes from rusting, a study in China has found.
In a writing-paper published in the American Chemical World's bi-weekly newspaper Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Scrutinization, the scientists in China said they identified nine chemicals after immersing cigarette butts in water.
They applied the extracts to N80, a epitome of protect adapted to in oil pipes, and start that they protected the sword from rusting.
"The metal side can be protected and the iron atom's furthermore disbandment can be prevented," they wrote.
The chemicals, including nicotine, appear to be chargeable for this anti-corrosion effect, they added.
The study was led by Jun Zhao at Xi'an Jiaotong University's School of Verve and Power Engineering and funded nigh China's constitution grease firm China Popular Petroleum Corporation.
Corrosion of steel pipes used by the oil industry costs oil producers millions of dollars annually to improvement or replace.
According to the critique, 4.5 trillion cigarette butts stumble on their way into the setting each year. Singly from being an eyesore, they carry toxins that can finish off fish.
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