Cotton Fiber-Based Sorbents for Treating Crude Oil Spills
Yongsoon Shin, Kee Sung Han, Bruce W. Arey, George T. Bonheyo
Abstract
C cross-polarization/magic angle spinning solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance (CP/MAS SSNMR), and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) showed that cotton fibers were significantly exfoliated by the intercalation of C18 fatty acids about 2.4 times in its diameter. In the presence of seawater, the highly oleophilic C18 fatty acid-modified cotton fiber showed a maximum oil sorption capacity of 35.58 g per gram of fiber, about ∼49% greater than that of the corresponding raw cotton fiber.
Topics & Concepts
SorbentSorptionFiberMagic angle spinningMaterials scienceScanning electron microscopeChemical engineeringContact angleSpinningFourier transform infrared spectroscopySynthetic fiberNatural fiberAdsorptionChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryNuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopyEngineeringSurface Modification and SuperhydrophobicityElectrospun Nanofibers in Biomedical ApplicationsMicroplastics and Plastic Pollution