KOLKATA: Think the water you drink may be contaminated with deadly arsenic?加尔各答:认为你喝的水可能含有致命的砷? A team of budding engineers claim to have the answer.一队新进的工程师声称有答案。 They have invented an electronic arsenic detector that is handy, and cheap enough to be a fixture in every home.他们发明了一种电子砷探测器是方便,廉价,足以成为夹具在每一个家庭。

“All you need to do is pour a chemical in a glass of water under the sun. “所有你需要做的是倾诉的化学品在一杯水在阳光下。 Then, dip an electronic chip in the water.然后,浸一电子芯片在水中。 If the arsenic content is above the WHO limit, the detector will show it,” said Satyajit Chakrabarti, director of Institute of Engineering and Management at Salt Lake.如果砷含量高于谁的限制,该探测器将显示它说: “ satyajit chakrabarti主任,研究所的工程技术和管理在盐湖。

“It’s cost effective too. “它的成本效益。 A pouch of the chemical costs just Rs 5 and the electronic detector doesn’t cost more than Rs 500,” said research team leader Pinaki Dasgupta.一邮袋的化学品的成本只是5卢比和电子探测器,并不成本以上的RS 500 ,说: “研究小组组长pinaki达斯古塔。 The college will soon apply for a patent.学院将尽快申请专利。

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