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http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2016/04/18/Nanostructures-grown-on-fabric-soak-up-oil-spills/ [login to see] 185/?spt=hts&or=4
Very interesting, at least I thought so.
Very interesting, at least I thought so.
Nanostructures grown on fabric soak up oil spills
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Sounds great for containment, but how would you manufacture something that would hold the millions of gallons of crude lost by a damaged or sunk tanker?
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a few years ago they were putting human hair into nets to soak up oil from spills, what ever happened to that? seems much more economical than creating nano structures.
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COL Ted Mc
SSG Ed Mikus - Staff; You can't get a patent on human hair and that means that the profit factor is quite low.
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