ICheme - Solid-liquid Filtration and How its a Part of Everything Around You

The talk will focus on the importance and subtleties of solid-liquid filtration – converting a mixture of solids and liquids into something that is less harmful, more delicious or simply more valuable – and considers those objects, foods, drinks and medicines that we use everyday:

• A pseudo-history
• A very brief introduction to some of the physical phenomena at play
• The largest and most damaging structures that humankind has ever created?
• How would parcels be delivered?
• A case study in value (one of the most unwelcome phone calls I ever took)
• Where do you start with a problematic mixture of solids and liquids
• A few rules-of-thumb for free