WASTE PAPER USED FOR CLEANUP OF OIL SPILLS

Oil may be removed from a body of water by dispersing over the oil layer fiberized paper of a specific fragment size. The fiberized paper sorbs or collects greater than 27 times its weight and is capable of holding the oil on the water surface as an oil-fibrous paper matrix or agglomerate for extensive periods so that it can be easily skimmed and recovered. Oil can be expressed from the oilpaper mass, and the paper mass can be refiberized and reused repeatedly to sorb or collect additional oil. Fiberized paper is more oleophilic than hydrophilic.

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• Corporate Authors:

  American University

  Development Education and Training Research Institute
  Washington, DC  United States 
• Authors:
  • Oesterling, J F
  • Spano, L A
• Publication Date: 1973-8-24

Media Info

• Features: References;
• Pagination: p. 775
• Serial:
  • Science
  • Volume: 181
  • Issue Number: 4101
  • Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • ISSN: 0036-8075
  • Serial URL: http://science.sciencemag.org/

Subject/Index Terms

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

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00072680
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: Pollution Abstracts
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Dec 31 1974 12:00AM