Oil spill cleanup using graphene

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 3271-3279

  Iqbal, Muhammad Z ^a   Abdala, Ahmed A ^a  

^a KHALIFA UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Adsorbent; C O ratio; Graphene; Oil spill; Recycling; Sorption

Indexed keywords

CRUDE OIL; DENSITY; OIL SPILL; RECYCLING; SORPTION; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VISCOSITY;

EID: 84876730696     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-1257-6     Document Type: Article

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