Kinetic degradation fluxion media

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	==Development==		==Development==
	It was developed in 1984 and patented by Don Heskett in 1987.<ref name="Weber2012">{{cite book|author=Karl Weber|title=Last Call at the Oasis: The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s_Bu-8s75mcC&pg=PA181|year=2012|publisher=Public Affairs|isbn=978-1-61039-144-3|pages=181–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=In Business, Volumes 13-14|date=1991|publisher=JG Press|page=16|quote=In 1987, Haskett had patented a new fluid treatment technology that utilizes a copper-zinc alloy called KDF (Kinetic Degradation Fluxation) to remove chlorine, heavy metals and other inorganic contaminants...}}</ref>		It was developed in 1984 and patented by Don Heskett in 1987.<ref name="Weber2012">{{cite book|author=Karl Weber|title=Last Call at the Oasis: The Global Water Crisis and Where We Go from Here|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=s_Bu-8s75mcC&pg=PA181|year=2012|publisher=Public Affairs|isbn=978-1-61039-144-3|pages=181–}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=In Business, Volumes 13-14|date=1991|publisher=JG Press|page=16|quote=In 1987, Haskett had patented a new fluid treatment technology that utilizes a copper-zinc alloy called KDF (Kinetic Degradation Fluxation) to remove chlorine, heavy metals and other inorganic contaminants...}}</ref>
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		+	==Usage==
		+	KDF is an [[alloy]] of [[copper]] and [[zinc]] that is effective in removing chlorine and heavy metals from liquids along with chlorine's by-products.<ref name="Hemat2004">{{cite book|author=R. A. S. Hemat|title=Principles of Orthomolecularism|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=ED_xI-CEzFYC&pg=PA152|year=2004|publisher=Urotext|isbn=978-1-903737-05-7|pages=152–}}</ref> It is not effective in removing pesticides.<ref name="Hemat2004">
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		+	KDF based [[disk filter]]s have been developed to treat mineral raw materials including [[Jameson_cell#Coal_flotation|coal flotation]] concentrates and [[cement]] slurry.<ref name="Svarovsky2013">{{cite book|author=Ladislav Svarovsky|title=Solid-Liquid Separation|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=lgv-BAAAQBAJ&pg=PA405|date=22 October 2013|publisher=[[Elsevier |Elsevier Science]]|isbn=978-1-4831-6280-5|pages=405–}}</ref> Its use achieves lower energy consumption per filtration as compared to more traditional vacuum filters as well as using less water.<ref name="Blaschke1995">{{cite book|author=Wieslaw Blaschke|title=New Trends in Coal Preparation Technologies and Equipment|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=HvbJbpLeHCEC&pg=PA415|date=1 September 1995|publisher=[[Taylor & Francis]]|isbn=978-2-88449-139-6|pages=415–}}</ref>
	==Effectiveness==		==Effectiveness==