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2. Fuller's earth - Wikipedia

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   Fuller's earth is a term for various clays used as an absorbent, filter, or bleaching agent. Products labeled fuller's earth typically consist of palygorskite (also known as attapulgite) or bentonite. [1] Primary modern uses include as absorbents for oil, grease, and animal waste (cat litter), and as a carrier for pesticides and fertilizers.

3. Oil sands - Wikipedia

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   The Athabasca oil sands, along with the nearby Peace River and Cold Lake deposits oil sand deposits lie under 141,000 square kilometres (54,000 sq mi) of boreal forest and muskeg (peat bogs) according to Government of Alberta's Ministry of Energy, [36] Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers (CAPP).

4. Froth treatment (Athabasca oil sands) - Wikipedia

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   Oil sand consists of a matrix of solid mineral material—quartz sand and clays, water, and the hydrocarbon, bitumen, which is the heaviest form of petroleum. [3] According to the United Nations Institute for Training and Research, bitumen's normal viscosity is greater than 10 mPa·s and its density is greater than 1000 kg/m 3.

5. Vulcan Materials Company - Wikipedia

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   Vulcan is the largest producer of construction materials, primarily gravel, crushed stone, and sand, and employs approximately 12,000 people at over 400 facilities. Vulcan serves 22 states, the District of Columbia , Mexico , Canada , Bahamas and the U.S. Virgin Islands .

6. Bentonite - Wikipedia

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   Bentonite layers from an ancient deposit of weathered volcanic ash tuff in Wyoming Gray shale and bentonites (Benton Shale; Colorado Springs, Colorado). Bentonite (/ ˈ b ɛ n t ə n aɪ t / BEN-tə-nyte) [1] [2] is an absorbent swelling clay consisting mostly of montmorillonite (a type of smectite) which can either be Na-montmorillonite or Ca-montmorillonite.

7. Petroleum Remediation Product - Wikipedia

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   PRP is a loose dry powder composed of hollow microspheres of beeswax, soy wax, and other natural waxes. PRP microspheres range in size from 10 microns to 150 microns. [4] The waxes that comprise PRP are natural hydrocarbons making them oleophilic (having a strong affinity for oils rather than water) and hydrophobic. [5]