GRAPHENE-BASED TECHNOLOGY HELPS OIL AND MARITIME INDUSTRIES CLEAN UP OIL SPILLS
August 2nd, 2020
GRAPHENE, a form of carbon, formed into a single layer of atoms arranged in two-dimensional honeycomb lattice, has been hailed as a super-material – highly conductive (heat and power), strong, stable, and absorbent of light and liquid. It is the latter quality that has caught the eye of the petroleum sector, with graphene being used to help clean up oils spills.
A good example of the effectiveness of graphene technology in oil spills is how they helped fight pollution from the mid-August l breach off the coast of Mauritius. This prompted the air lifting of ...
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