Populus seed fibers as a natural source for production of oil super absorbents

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 114, Issue , 2013, Pages 158-167

  Likon, Marko ^a   Remškar, Maja ^b   Ducman, Vilma ^c   Švegl, Franc ^d  

^a Insol Ltd   (Slovenia)

^b JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^c SLOVENIAN NATIONAL BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^d Amanova Ltd   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Natural absorbents; Oil spill; Poplar seed fibers

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; CRUDE OIL; DIESEL FUELS; FIBERS; HEAVY OIL PRODUCTION; HYDROPHOBICITY; LUBRICATING OILS;

HAIR FIBRES; HYDROPHOBICS; MOTOR OIL; NATURAL ABSORBENTS; NATURAL SOURCES; POPLAR SEED FIBER; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA; SEED FIBER; SUPERABSORBENTS;

OIL SPILLS;

ABSORBENT; DIESEL FUEL; LIGNOCELLULOSE; OIL;

ABSORPTION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DIAMETER; DIESEL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEED PRODUCTION;

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTACT ANGLE; DENSITY; HOLLOW FIBER; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT FIBER; PLANT SEED; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA ITALICA; THICKNESS;

POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA;

EID: 84871738990     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2012.03.047     Document Type: Article

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