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Table 1 Comparison of the oil absorption capacity of some recently reported oil sorbent and the samples prepared in this study taking diesel oil for example

From: Preparation of a new superhydrophobic/superoleophilic corn straw fiber used as an oil absorbent for selective absorption of oil from water

Oil

Oil sorbent

Oil adsorption capacity (g/g)

References

Diesel

Corn straw fiber

17.5

This study

Peat sorb

2.7

(Ribeiro et al. 2003)

Sugi bark

16.5

(Saito et al. 2003)

Cotton

41

(Liu et al. 2014)

Corn straw fiber

18

(Zang et al. 2016)

Sawdust

11.5

(Gan et al. 2016)

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