Comments on: Science Fair Success – Oil Spill Clean-up Polymer http://www.stevespangler.com/cool-science-products/science-fair-success-oil-spill-clean-up-polymer/ Making Science Education Fun Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:12:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Steve Spangler http://www.stevespangler.com/cool-science-products/science-fair-success-oil-spill-clean-up-polymer/comment-page-1/#comment-36059 Steve Spangler Mon, 03 May 2010 02:19:36 +0000 http://www.stevespangler.com/?p=1379#comment-36059 Charles - Your question is timely in light of the recent oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. I'm doing a new story tomorrow for 9News KUSA and I'll post the video. In short, it just takes too much of this particular polymer (almost a 1:1 ratio of superabsorbent polymer to oil) to be effective. There are similar polymers being used in large oil booms to help contain the spill, but I'm told the enormous size of this spill makes the use of these smaller solutions impossible. Here's more information about <a href="http://www.enviro-bond.com/bilgesock.html" rel="nofollow">Enviro-Bond 403</a>. Charles – Your question is timely in light of the recent oil spill off the Gulf of Mexico. I’m doing a new story tomorrow for 9News KUSA and I’ll post the video. In short, it just takes too much of this particular polymer (almost a 1:1 ratio of superabsorbent polymer to oil) to be effective. There are similar polymers being used in large oil booms to help contain the spill, but I’m told the enormous size of this spill makes the use of these smaller solutions impossible. Here’s more information about Enviro-Bond 403.

]]> By: charles http://www.stevespangler.com/cool-science-products/science-fair-success-oil-spill-clean-up-polymer/comment-page-1/#comment-36049 charles Fri, 30 Apr 2010 20:09:34 +0000 http://www.stevespangler.com/?p=1379#comment-36049 why can't they use this on the oil spill that is now in the gulf? back in the '80's I worked with some people trying to use it then. form what I could gather they were told to forget it.the gov. used it on aircraft carries. but the private industries could not. why? why can’t they use this on the oil spill that is now in the gulf?
back in the ’80′s I worked with some people trying to use it then.
form what I could gather they were told to forget it.the gov. used it on aircraft carries. but the private industries could not.
why?

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