Texas Tech Researchers Find Environmental Application For Low-Grade Cotton
May 15, 2013
By: CNBC
CNBC - NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research conducted at the
Nonwovens and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and
Human Health (TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing
crude oil spills. The study, published in the most recent issue of the American Chemical
Society journal Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, reveals that one pound
of low-micronaire cotton can absorb more than 30 pounds of dense crude oil.
NEW YORK, May 15, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Research conducted at the Nonwovens
and Advanced Materials Laboratory at The Institute of Environmental and Human Health
(TIEHH) shows that low-grade cotton is highly effective at absorbing crude oil spills.
The study, published in the most recent issue of the American Chemical Society journal
Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, reveals that one pound of low-micronaire
cotton can absorb more than 30 pounds of dense crude oil.
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