Biorock
id:
biorock-307-4734993
title:
Biorock
text:
Biorock is a cement-like engineering material formed when a small electric current is passed between underwater metal electrodes placed in seawater causing dissolved minerals to accrete onto the cathode to form a thick layer of limestone. This 'accretion process' can be used to create building materials or to create artificial 'electrified reefs' for the benefit of corals and other sea-life. Discovered by Wolf Hilbertz in 1976, biorock was protected by patents and a trademark which have now expi
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biorock
date created:
date modified:
2023-12-28T18:01:38Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q864689","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q864689"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5a/Zoom_on_a_Biorock_structure.jpg","width":540,"height":720}
fields total:
13
integrity:
14