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New Catalyx Landfill Gas Project Makes Nanofibers from Thin Air

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Catalyx Nanotech, Inc. has started a pilot project to convert landfill gas to elemental carbon and hydrogen.

The concept sounds like spinning fabric out of thin air, but the science is rock solid.  Catalyx Nanotech, Inc., a relatively new player in the nanomaterials market, has completed its pilot project to manufacture nanofibers from landfill gas, using a patented cracking process to break down methane into soot free elemental carbon and hydrogen.  Based on Catalyx’s success with a similar production facility in Canada, it appears that yet another way to recycle old landfills is right around the corner.

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