Investigation of Sorbents for Removing Oil Spills from Waters

Abstract

Laboratory methods have been developed to evaluate floating sorbent materials for removing oil spilled on water. These methods were applied to 49 different sorbent materials belonging to five categories; inorganic, natural organic, polymeric foam, polymeric hydrocarbon, and miscellaneous products. Some of the properties evaluated were oil and water sorption capacity, oil retention, buoyancy retention with and without absorbed oil, effect of petroleum product variation, sorbent/oil coherence, and reusability. Of all the materials evaluated the polymeric foam and the polymeric hydrocarbon products showed the best overall properties for removing oil spilled on water. The resilient polyurethane foams and the polypropylene fibers were the best materials.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0742950

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  • Paul Schatzberg

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  • Engineered Resilient Systems

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Biomedical And Dental Materials
  • Cellulose Fibers
  • Chemistry
  • Composite Materials
  • Fluids
  • Inorganic Materials
  • Laboratory Procedures
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Organic Materials
  • Petroleum
  • Plastic Explosives
  • Synthetic Fibers

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  • Environmental science

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  • Marine Ecotoxicology
  • Polymer Science and Engineering.