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Thursday, 05/19/2016 5:41:13 AM

Thursday, May 19, 2016 5:41:13 AM

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LMRMF GRAPHENE 3D LAB INTRODUCES A NEW GRAPHENE FOAM THAT CAN ABSORB UP TO 8,000% OF ITS WEIGHT IN OIL

https://3dprint.com/134517/graphene-3d-lab-foam/

The new graphene foam materials can absorb an astonishing 3,500% to 8,000% of their own weight in organic solvents or oils, all while being completely unaffected by water. Hollywood may be content turning the Deepwater Horizon disaster into a terrible disaster-porn movie, but oil spills are horribly destructive ecological disasters that will poison the environment for decades. One of the reasons that oils spills are so devastating is the inability to remove the oil from water, forcing the local environment to disperse and absorb it. The high oil absorption capacity of the new porous graphene solid state foams could be used to enable fast and efficient oil spill clean-ups, possibly even being deployed before the spill even contacts the water. High-tech solutions are extremely sought-after for the cleaning up of oil spills.