Assessment of Performance of Posidona oceanica (L.) as Biosorbent for Crude Oil-Spill Cleanup in Seawater

Table 2

Effect of particle size on oil sorption capacity in dry system (with 0.1 g of PO fibers).

PO fraction size (mm)	Oil sorption capacity, QO (g/g)
	5 min	10 min	15 min
0.063–0.1	8.36	9.99	9.82
0.1-0.2	10.59	10.33	10.44
0.2–0.5	11.22	11.80	12.11
0.5–1	13.36	13.97	14.01
1–1.6	12.68	12.69	13.26
1.6–2	12.05	12.70	13.62
>2	10.72	11.95	11.82
Raw fibers	5.35	5.38	5.50