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Absorbent Facts

Kinds of Absorbents Available for your application
POLYPROPYLENE ABSORBENTS
  • Reusable
  • Cost effective
  • Many specially made sizes and models
  • Storage life - does not rot or mildew
  • Ability to float (oil-only absorbent)
  • Chemical resistance (when surfactant treated)
  • Incinerable - only 0.20 ash - and energy value of 14 kwh/kg
  • Absorbs 10 to 25 times its own weight

 

ORGANIC GRANULE ABSORBENTS
  • Includes: plants, sawdust, paper, corn cob
  • Limited chemical resistance
  • Retrieval is high labor intensive
  • Absorbs up to 6 times its own weight

 

Granular
VERMICULITE GRANULE ABSORBENTS
  • Too light if used loose (used mainly in socks)
  • Can damage machines
  • Retrieval is labor intensive
  • Expensive as waste
  • Absorbs 4 to 5 times its own weight

 

 
CLAY GRANULE ABSORBENTS
  • Heavy
  • Dusty
  • Impermeable
  • Absorbs less than 1 times its own weight

 

 

 

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