LICKING THE OIL SLICK

The Cabot Corp in Boston has developed a silica compound that can be applied in dry powder form to floating slicks. The chemical acts as a wick, drawing up oil by capillary action, insulating it from the lower temperature water, thus permitting combustion. Up to 98% of slick can be thus burned. The remaining 2% forms a hard floating crust that can be easily collected. The chemical has no known toxic effect on marine life or shore birds.

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  American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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  New York, NY  United States  10016-5990
• Publication Date: 1970-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 51 p.
• Serial:
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Volume: 92
  • Issue Number: 6
  • Publisher: American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • ISSN: 0025-6501

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Oil sorbents; Oil spill cleanup
• Old TRIS Terms: Oil spill control
• Subject Areas: Environment; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00007419
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Engineering Index
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 22 1973 12:00AM