Method and products to absorb oil and organic solvents from water and from sea.
U.S. patent: 6,831,111
Issued: December 14, 2004
Inventors: George N. Valkanas and Ioannis Konstantakopoulos
Assigned: Innoval Management Limited
Keywords: Polymeric polymeric /poly·mer·ic/ (pol?i-mer´ik) exhibiting the characteristics of a polymer.
pol·y·mer·ic (p l products which, after special cross-linking in chlorinated chlorinated /chlo·ri·nat·ed/ (klor´i-nat?ed) treated or charged with chlorine. solvents, are used in a polypropylene net and are swept on the surface of water basins, harbors or the surface of sea to collect the oily matter by endomolecular absorption and by external surface adherence.
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