Here’s what low-grade cotton means for oil spill cleanup
May 17, 2013
By: Memphis Business Journal
Memphis Business Journal - The science behind cotton’s efficacy is simple enough to
understand, said Seshadri Ramkumar, lead author and manager of the study.
“Because low-micronaire cotton is less mature, it shrinks, and you are able to pack
more fiber into a given area,” Ramkumar said in a release. “The strength here is that
the low-micronaire cotton absorbs the most crude oil. The oil is not only stuck to
the surface, (it) gets absorbed into the fiber.”
The science behind cotton’s efficacy is simple enough to understand, said Seshadri Ramkumar, lead author and manager of the study.
“Because low-micronaire cotton is less mature, it shrinks, and you are able to pack
more fiber into a given area,” Ramkumar said in a release. “The strength here is that
the low-micronaire cotton absorbs the most crude oil. The oil is not only stuck to
the surface, (it) gets absorbed into the fiber.”
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