A natural fibre ideal for removing oil spills

摘要

Public concern for sustaining a healthy environment has resulted in stronger environmental regulations regard ing water quality and use of hazardous chemicals and substances. Improved techniques for control and removal of oil spills are one area of research under active development. Retention of oil over time, recovery of oil from sorbents, amount of oil sorbed per unit weight of sorbent, and reusabil ity and biodegradability of sorbent are important properties of sorbents. Sorbent materials applied to oil slick changes liquid oil to a semi colloid~1～6.