Hydrophobic polyurethane foams reinforced with microcrystalline cellulose for oil spill clean up

Abstract Oil spills into water have been an environmental concern since the beginning of large-scale oil extraction. In this study, flexible open-cell polyurethane (PU) foams with added microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) were formulated and chemically modified with organosilane for use as an absorbent...

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Main Authors: Matheus Vinícius Gregory Zimmermann, Eduardo Junca, Marina Kauling de Almeida, Lara Vasconcellos Ponsoni, Ademir José Zattera, Tiago Mari, Ruth Marlene Campomanes Santana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Polímeros 2024-01-01
Series:Polímeros
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-14282023000400404&lng=en&tlng=en