{"id":2042,"date":"2026-09-14T01:10:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-en\/"},"modified":"2026-09-14T01:10:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-13T16:10:00","slug":"2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-en","status":"publish","type":"briefing","link":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-en\/","title":{"rendered":"A lab process recovered 90% of fluoride from treated PFAS waste"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>2026-09-14 01:10 KST<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fluoride left after PFAS destruction was converted from waste into a reusable fluorination reagent.<\/p>\n<p>The experiment starts with treated residue, not untreated soil or groundwater.<\/p>\n<h2>Process<\/h2>\n<p>Hot carbon releases fluorine species; a porous quartz barrier separates carbon from silver to prevent reduction.<\/p>\n<h2>Product<\/h2>\n<p>Recovered silver fluoride performed like a commercial reagent, and the silver could be cycled back.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/pfas-fluoride-recycling-en.png\" alt=\"A lab process recovered 90% of fluoride from treated PFAS waste\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><figcaption class=\"op-briefing-image-caption\">This AI-generated image explains the topic; it is not a photograph of the actual site, experiment, animal or fossil.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Numbers<\/h2>\n<p>The percentages apply to available fluoride in tested streams, not every PFAS-contaminated material.<\/p>\n<h2>Scale-up<\/h2>\n<p>Energy, silver loss, mixed contaminants, durability, purity and economics remain to be tested.<\/p>\n<h2>Next<\/h2>\n<p>Pilot mass balance and life-cycle analysis must include the upstream PFAS-destruction step.<\/p>\n<h2>Primary source and independent checks<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/api.crossref.org\/works\/10.1038\/s44286-026-00442-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Nature Chemical Engineering \uc6d0 \ub17c\ubb38 \uc11c\uc9c0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/e3.eurekalert.org\/news-releases\/1143500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EurekAlert \uc5f0\uad6c \uacf5\uac1c \uc790\ub8cc<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Read in other languages<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-ko\/\">\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-en\/\">English<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-es\/\">Espa\u00f1ol<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-ja\/\">\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e<\/a> \u00b7 <a href=\"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/briefing\/2026-09-14-pfas-fluoride-recycling-vi\/\">Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The method removed over 99.9% of available fluoride and captured 90% as silver fluoride. It is not a finished device for directly cleaning contaminated water.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"class_list":["post-2042","briefing","type-briefing","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/briefing\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/briefing"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/briefing"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/onepress.co.kr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}