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Wax-wetting sponges for oil droplets recovery from frigid waters

Energy-efficient recovery of oil droplets from ice-cold water, such as oil sands tailings, marine, and arctic oil spills, is challenging. In particular, due to paraffin wax crystallization at low temperatures, the crude oil exhibits high viscosity, making it difficult to collect using simple solutio...

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Autores principales: Cherukupally, P., Sun, W., Williams, D. R., Ozin, G. A., Bilton, A. M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Association for the Advancement of Science 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7946373/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33692099
http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abc7926