Researchers discover low-grade nonwoven cotton picks up 50 times own weight of oil

Thursday, July 31, 2014 - 12:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Texas Tech University researchers recently discovered that low-grade cotton made into an absorbent nonwoven mat can collect up to 50 times its own weight in oil.

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