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 […]