Novel natural sorbent for oil spill cleanup

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 30, 2014, Pages 11954-11961

  Singh, Vinitkumar ^a   Jinka, Sudheer ^a   Hake, Kater ^b   Parameswaran, Siva ^c   Kendall, Ronald J ^a   Ramkumar, Seshadri ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University   (United States)

^c Agricultural and Environmental Research Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; COTTON FIBERS; OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WEAVING;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; CAPILLARY ACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING; FUNDAMENTAL MECHANISMS; LOW DENSITY; NATURAL SORBENTS; OIL SORPTION; OLEOPHILIC;

SORPTION;

COTTON; CRUDE OIL; NATURAL FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; WEAVING;

EID: 84905217438     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie5019436     Document Type: Article

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