Superhydrophobic kapok fiber oil-absorbent: Preparation and high oil absorbency

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 213, Issue , 2012, Pages 1-7

  Wang, Jintao ^a,b   Zheng, Yian ^a,b   Wang, Aiqin ^a  

^a LANZHOU INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Kapok fiber; Oil sorption capacity; Reusability; Silica nanoparticles; Superhydrophobic

Indexed keywords

COATED FIBERS; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLINESS; FIBER SURFACE; HYDROPHOBIC MODIFICATION; HYDROPHOBIC PROPERTIES; OIL SORPTION; OIL/WATER; OVER WATER; RAW FIBERS; SILICA NANOPARTICLES; SOYBEAN OIL; SUPERHYDROPHOBIC; WETTING BEHAVIOR;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SORPTION; SYNTHETIC FIBERS;

HYDROPHOBICITY;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 84867795906     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.116     Document Type: Article

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