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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Carlo Neri, San Donato Milanese, IT;
Silvestro Costanzi, Lodi Vecchio, IT;
Franco Groppelli, Lodi, IT;
Assignee:
Enichem Synthesis S.p.A, Palermo, IT;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/28 ; C02F / ; C02F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C02F 1/28 ; C02F / ; C02F / ;
Abstract
A method for removing hydrocarbon products from water surfaces, which entails contacting the hydrocarbon products with a crystalline polypropylene, which when observed under a microscope of 2500 magnetization, exhibits a spongy surface having relatively homogeneous intercommunicating pores, with dimensions of between about 3 &mgr;m and 20 &mgr;m in diameter.