Different types of organic and inorganic adsorbents have been used in the treatment of water contaminated by non-polar liquids. This work shows the high efficiency of hydrophobized vermiculite as a cleaning agent for industrial waste waters, as well as for special uses such as adsorption of crude oil from spills in open sea.

Water, hydrophobic vermiculite, sorbents, organic contaminants, extraction, cleaning
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