Cleaning oil from seas and oceans with nano adsorbents

After an oil spill off the coast of Mauritius, a company Nanotechnology By sending oil absorbents to the area, it helped clean up the sea water. This nano absorbent can absorb 86 times its own weight Oil Absorbs slowly and can be reused up to 6-7 times!

This company to help clean the oil and Petroleum derivatives From soil, absorbent pads(called Sorbonne) has produced and marketed with graphene in a statement announcing its products to industries: Transport, docks and companies Oil and gas will supply.

A Japanese ship carrying large amounts of oil on July 25 in an accident, several hundred tons Oil entered the Indian Ocean that caused this leak Environmental disaster became. The government of Mauritius has declared a state of environmental emergency after the flora and fauna of nearby wetlands and coral reefs in the area were threatened..

oil spill into the ocean has negative environmental effects on the sea ecosystem and its effects can last for decades.

source: news.nano.ir