Petro-SAP Pellet

At the Pennsylvania State University, Dr. T.C. "Mike" Chung and Dr. Xuepei Yuan have developed and patented a new polyolefin-based petroleum super-absorbent (Petro-SAP) that can effectively transform a maritime oil spill into a floating solid, ready for collection (recovery) and refining as regular crude oil (no waste in natural resources and no disposal issues).

Learn more about this fantastic material at:
http://www.matse.psu.edu/news/petrosap

Petro-SAP: Patent Pending, The Pennsylvania State University.
Video Copyright: 2010 Department of Materials Science and Engineering.

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Science & Technology

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