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Engineering360: "Sawdust Tested as Oil Spill Cleanup Material"

12/15/2016 1:59 PM

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Re: Sawdust Tested as Oil Spill Cleanup Material

12/18/2016 11:56 AM

Am I the only one who thought this was an April Fool's joke? Next thing you know they will discover that peanut butter is an effective bait for mousetraps.

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Re: Sawdust Tested as Oil Spill Cleanup Material

12/19/2016 9:42 AM

No. You are not alone. Actually though, I always thought "kitty litter" was the preferred absorbent.

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Re: Sawdust Tested as Oil Spill Cleanup Material

01/07/2021 5:59 PM

In all fairness, coating the sawdust with some sort of vegetable oil derivative to make the sawdust hydrophobic is the special sauce in this application. Analagous to Pig blankets.
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