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Superhydrophobic poly (dimethylsiloxane-co-alkylmethylsiloxane)-SiO2-coated polyurethane sponge sorbent for oil spill treatment

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Environmental chemistry

Abstract

Pollution caused by an oil spill has been identified as one of the major environmental problems with a serious impact on both humans and the ecosystem. The development of hydrophobic oil sorbents for the removal of spilled oil and organic solvent seeping is very important to ecological preservation. In this respect, a facile procedure was used to prepare commercial polyurethane sponge sorbent coated by Poly(dimethylsiloxane-co-alkylmethylsiloxane)-silica nanoparticles (PDMS/AMS-SiO2) through dip-coating accompanied by polymerization in situ. The obtained materials are characterized by various physico-chemical tools; such as DLS, Raman, XRD, SEM, and contact angles (CA). The PDMS/AMS-SiO2-P.U shows superhydrophobicity with water contact angle 145o with obtained selectivity for oil-water separation. Moreover, the oil sorption capacity was studied using different oils and organic solvents including crude oil, motor oil, diesel, and toluene. High sorption capacity exceeded 130 g/g and fast swelling kinetics rate is achieved. Furthermore, the sorbed organic solvent or oils can be recovered simply by squeezing the coated P.U, and the used sorbent can be reused up to 10 times without obvious deterioration in its swelling capacity or losing its hydrophobicity. The results indicating that the prepared sorbent has potential application in oil-water separation.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2021.79906.3933

Keywords

Polyurethane sponge, superhydrophobic sorbent, Dip-coating, in situ polymerization, swelling capacity, and reusability

Authors

First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Keshawy

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Affiliation

Petroleum applications department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.

Email

elkeshawy2006@yahoo.com

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First Name

Reem

Last Name

. Farag

MiddleName

K

Affiliation

Petroleum Applications Department, Egyptian Petroleum Research Institute (EPRI), Cairo, Egypt.

Email

reem_kamal.kamel2009@yahoo.com

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Orcid

0000-0001-9264-8899

Volume

65

Article Issue

1

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28750

Issue Date

2022-01-01

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2021-06-09

Publish Date

2022-01-01

Page Start

227

Page End

237

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_185443.html

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297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Superhydrophobic poly (dimethylsiloxane-co-alkylmethylsiloxane)-SiO2-coated polyurethane sponge sorbent for oil spill treatment

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22 Jan 2023