Inexpensive material offers solution for ocean oil spills

Tuesday, November 6, 2018 - 10:40 in Physics & Chemistry

A super-absorbent material developed by Penn State scientists could dramatically reduce the environmental impact of oil spills on oceans and allow recovered oil to be refined normally. The synthetic material, called i-Petrogel, absorbs more than 40 times its weight in crude oil, and effectively stops the oil from spreading after a spill, according to the […]

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