A METHOD OF MAKING A COMPOSITION FOR SELECTIVELY ABSORBING OIL FROM A MIXTURE CONTAINING SUCH OIL

摘要

A method of making a composition for selectively absorbing oil from a mixture containing such oil, consisting of dusting of cleansed cotton fibres by loose beating of two types, Type A having staple length of 12 to 20 mm, a trash of 20 per cent, micronaire value of 2.5 to 4.5 and a Gm/Tex ranging from 9-14 and Type B having staple length of 21 to 23 mm, a trash of 12 to 15 per cent, micronaire value of 3.5 to 5 and a Gm/Tex ranging from 12-20 in the ratio of Type A to Type B of approximately 1: 1; injecting a micro-organisms which is mesophilic, celluloytic and hydrophobic in nature into the mass of said dusted cotton fibres; drying the said mass of cotton fibres at temperatures ranging from 25 to 35 degrees C; homogenising and fluffing the dried fibres to obtain an oil absorbing mass having a density of 0.4-0.8.