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A SHAMWOW FOR OIL SPILLS: ?When Osorb comes into contact with oil or other water-hating (nonpolar) ?

By Glenn Reynolds

A SHAMWOW FOR OIL SPILLS: “When Osorb comes into contact with oil or other water-hating (nonpolar) chemicals, such as oils, fats and other hydrocarbons, its stacks of benzene-silicon plates expand like an accordion to absorb the contaminants. Each gram of material can hold up to eight times its own weight. Because electrically charged liquids, like water, don’t interact with Osorb, the contaminated material can easily be filtered out of it, making Osorb an ideal candidate for cleaning up all kinds of water pollution.”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on January 25, 2011 (boomark / email).