| ABSORBENT MATERIALS |
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| POLYPROPYLENE ( NON WOVEN BLOWN FIBER ) |
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| ADVANTAGES : FLOATS ON WATER( HYDROPHOBIC), IS INCINERABLE, YIELDS LOW ASHES. |
| DISADVANTAGES: HIGH COST , NOT RECOMMENDED FOR SOME STRONG ACIDS , |
| NOT FOR ABSORPTION OF ANY AQUEOUS CHEMICAL SOLUTION BECAUSE IT REPELS WATER. |
| SAWDUST |
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| ADVANTAGES : COSTLESS, IT'S HIGHLY INCINERABLE, ABSORBS OILY COMPOUNDS. |
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| DISADVANTAGES: CAN' T ABSORB STRONG Ph CHEMICALS, YIELDS HIGH VOLUME OF WASTE, |
| ITS WASTE MUST BE INCINERATED, NOT FOR CONFINEMENT BECAUSE IT'S BIODEGRADABLE . |
| PEAT MOSS (SPHANGUM PEAT) |
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| DISADVANTAGES: FLOATS ON WATER, INCINERABLE ,ABSORBS HYDROCARBONS (OILY ONES). |
| DISADVANTAGES: IT'S BIODEGRADABLE , ITS WASTE MUST BE INCINERATED, |
| IT DOESN'T ABSORB AQ.SOLUTIONS NEITHER STRONG Ph CHEMICALS, NOT FOR CONFINMENT. |
| CLAY OR SAND , & INERT ASHES |
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| ADVANTAGES : LOW COST, ABSORB OILY COMPOUNDS |
| DISADVANTAGES: YIELD TOXIC FUMES WHEN MIXED WITH CHEMICALS AT Ph LOWER THAN |
| 2.5 OR HIGHER THAN 12.0 , CAN'T BE INCINERATED, WASTE TOO HEAVY WHEN HANDLED OR |
| TRANSPORTED , THE LOW ABSORPTION CAPACITY MAKES IT TO USE BIG AMOUNTS OF IT |
| WHEN CLEANING SPILLS, NOT INCINERABLES => OPTION : ONLY CONFINMENT. |
| RICE HULLS / CORN COB(GRINDED) |
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| ADVANTAGES : LOW PRICED, ARE HIGHLY INCINERABLE. |
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| DISADVANTAGES:, PICK UP ONLY OILS AND LIQUID HYDROCARBONS; MUST BE INCINERATED, |
| REACT STRONGLY WITH ACIDS & ALKALIS ,YIELD 15% ASHES IF BURNED , IT'S BIODEGRADABLE |
| PHENOLIC FOAM ('' GREEN STUFF(tm)'') |
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| ADVANTAGES : CAN BE BURNED OR SENT TO CONFINMENT, WIDE VARIETY OF PRESENTATIONS |
| AND APPLICATIONS, IT'S NON-BIODEGRADABLE, FITS G21 & G22 E.P.A. ENVIRNOMENTAL RULES, |
| HAS A WIDE CHEMICAL COMPATIBILITY ( MULTIPURPOSE ) , HAS A HIGH ABSORPTION SPEED, |
| EASY TO USE, BIG BALES WEIGHT ONLY FEW POUNDS, YIELDS ONLY 0.1 % OF ASHES IF BURNED, |
| VERY ECONOMIC IN SPILL CONTROL DUE TO LOW AMOUNT REQUIRED OF THIS PRODUCT WHEN |
| CLEANING SPILLS, LEAKS OR ACCIDENTS INVOLVING HAZARDOUS LIQUIDS.,HIGH ABSORPTION. |
| DESIGNED EXCLUSIVELY FOR ABSORPTION , IT HAS A CELL STRUCTURE . |
| DISADVANTAGES : THE WIND BLOWS AWAY THE GRANULES IN OPEN SPACES , ABSORBS WATER |
| AND ALL CHEMICAL SOLUTIONS MADE IN WATER EVEN IF NOT DESIRED. |
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| ** PEAT-MOSS AND POLYPROPYLENE REPEL WATER, THEREFORE CAN'T BE USED TO |
| TO CLEAN SPILLS OF WATER SOLUTIONS , NOR ACIDS OR BASIS DILUTED IN WATER |
