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SUBMITTER: Ortega RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4943659 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Ortega Ryan A RA Carter Erin S ES Ortega Albert E AE
PloS one 20160713 7
Industrial oil spills into aquatic environments can have catastrophic environmental effects. First responders to oil spills along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico in the southern United States have used spunbond nylon fabric bags and fences to separate spilled oil and oil waste from contaminated water. Low area mass density spunbond nylon is capable of sorbing more than 16 times its mass in low viscosity crude oil and more than 26 times its mass in higher viscosity gear lube oil. Nylon bags separ ...[more]