Product type

Sorption

(g sorbent/g oil)

Retention

(g sorbent/g oil)

Reusability

(g used sorbent/g oil)

Spun fibre (2 - 5 cm particle length)

1.66h

0.75i

0.04g

Fibre balls (1 - 3 cm particle length)

1.77g

0.69i

0.21f

Powdered fibre

2.31f

1.93g

0.41e

Powdered core

3.00e

2.61e

0.83d

Powdered fibre/powdered core mix

2.97e

2.21f

0.83d

Rough core (1 - 1.2 cm particle length)

1.76g

1.56h

0.07g

Milled core/milled fibre mix (bagged)

5.54c

4.96c

1.41b

Milled core/milled fibre mix (unbagged)

3.09d

2.75d

0.07g

Whole stem grinded (20 mixed genotypes, bagged)

8.16a

5.56b

0.90c

Whole stem grinded (1 genotype, bagged)

6.83b

6.31a

1.97a

Error Mean square

0.002

0.002

0.001