Oil spill cleanup compositions
OwnerRobert L. Raible, Johnnie L. Loggainsinventors
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Abstract
Compositions useful for absorbing oil from the surface of oil contaminated water, or land, constituted of a particulate admixture of wood fiber, preferably in concentration ranging about 20 to 70 wt. %, and hydrophobic, organophilic water wettable cotton linters, preferably in concentration ranging from about 80 to 30 wt. %. The compositions can be spread upon the oil contaminated water, or land, to absorb the oil, and the oil contaminated compositions then swept up or otherwise removed, and disposed of to leave the water or land surface cleansed of oil.
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A biodegradable composition useful for spreading upon the surface of oil-contaminated water, or lands, for absorbing oil from the surface of said oil-contaminated water, or land, and the oil-contaminated composition then readily removed by sweeping, which comprises a particulate admixture of a wood fiber, and acid-treated hydrophobit, organophilic water wettable cotton linters.
A biodegradable composition useful for spreading upon the surface of oil-containing water, or land, for absorbing oil from the surface of said oil-contaminated water, or land, and the oil-contaminated composition then readily removed by sweeping which comprises
- a particulate admixture of from about 20 percent to about 70 percent wood fiber, and
- from about 80 percent to about 30 percent of acid-treated hydrophobic, organophilic water wettable cotton linters,
- based on the total weight of the composition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.