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Show Wednesday Oetot Cotion Fiber Used For Sticks Mop-Up r By MICHAEL ©. WESTER Gaas Guard im Cleaning us oi slicks. Tie flies is caiied “ution widthol a gnat’s evebrow temule market a pee: super quality when crisscrossed i owes Gee il & because: iney ¥ event 5whick j “This grade of cotton, when pick @p the ail and hx ly dispersed. can fick up between the fibers 50 timesits own weight in oi! and “The cotton dses not absorb Stil May aflcat without the oil into the fiber,” Ball said. apparent ines because of action,” said Lt Cmdr. Donaid $. “But 4 absorbs by holding the ei! Jensen af the Coast Guard's in the capillarybridges. Office ef Research and DeveAt this stage the concept calls k lopment “That's a better record than for using 3 blower to spread the anything previously used, in- gotten over the oily water, first ciuding commercial absorbents. ringing the slick to contain it and Straw or even coconut huils,”’ he then spreading the entire surface with the cotton, said. Jensen. of the Coast Guard's “Thenext step will be to sweep Pollution Prevention Projects up massof colton with the oil branch, has been oe clinging to it, and early tests indicate that the layer dees not |x disintegrate but tends to held which involves building a“sea” together,” said Mennaghan. on which to test the new concept. “In disposing of the mop, the Working together at Texas Tech are three principal oil could be wrung from the researchers. They are Dr. cotion, or the cotton oi] mix could George F. Mennaghan, chair- be disposed of in combinalien man of the Department of —essibly by incineration,” he Chemical Engineering; Dr, said. “Cotton is almost entirely James E Halligan of the cellulose and so is chemical engineering faculty; biodegradable, making disand AA. Ball, head of fabric posal easier on the environment structures at the university's than might be possible with synthetic products.” Textile Research Center. Fer the past 12 months the Mennaghan said the cotton has team has been working under the sponsorship of Cotton Inc., the an absorption rate of anywhere research and marketing arm of from 15 to 250 per cent better America's cotton growers wha than the synthetic materials now heve an interest in anything used for ot! slick cleanups. “The which might create 2 better he sunoly supply of cotton market for wasties canbe estimatedat about 22 636 “In the move from the * he said. “and laboratory beaker to the lank y would have the stage we hope to establish the for holding limits of the concept’ Mennaghan said. lons of oil, on a conservative ‘The tank being constructed hasis.” will be approximately 50 feet The Coast Guardis looking for long, four feet wide and fourfeet deep. it will be the “sea” and the = improvement in cleanmethods, Its res Seality water running through it will be able to travel at four knots for oes coastal waters, bays, harbors and estuaries ao 0! experimental purposes. “We will be testing dispersal, cooperatively with the Environretrieval and disposalconcepts,’ mental Protection Agency, which is responsibie for navigaMennaghan said Dispersal of the cotton is in ble inland waters, itsel P, “One of the beauti of our “It cannot be dumped on the oil hat Halli; coated water, but must be spread concept,” in a very fine gauze like seven thousandths of a vot thick,’ Hajligan said, ‘That's about the samethickness as the ALMOST OUR ENTIRE HUGE STOCK OF CARPETING REDUCED —SAVE TO 35% « choose from plushes, shags,splushes, patterns, random shears and famoussculptured shags * bring simple room measurements and come prepared *a purchase of 15 sq. yds. or more brings you first- * come early for best selection ® we sell right out of many rolls in a hurry © we'll help vou arrange conv: credit te! quality rubber pad and laborfree (stairs and coving at extra cost) @ choose from the finest pile fibers — wools, nylons, polyesters, Antron® nylons and blends to buy on the spot to be sure of savings Fashion Carpets, all stores CLOSEOUT: THOMASVILLE TROPHY BEDROOM GROUP 20 off last chance to get your boys into this very handsome and functional bedroom — and at substantial savings. 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