The diatom skeletons of which the mineral is composed are able to soak up huge quantities of oily materials such as lanolin and nitroglycerine, in the same way that a sponge soaks up water.
The tax breaks could act like a giant sponge to soak up income that would otherwise be taxed.
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They should let the bleach sit for 15 minutes before using a mop or sponge to clean up.
Once the Smart Sponge has soaked up some oil no amount of squeezing will get it back out.
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From the 1950s, in many European, Asian and Latin American countries, it functioned as a sponge to sop up unemployment.
Working with Yale University neurologist Stephen Strittmatter, who cloned the Nogo gene, Biogen Idec has created a counterinsurgency protein that acts as a sponge to soak up copies of Nogo and other growth-blocking proteins in the spinal cord before they can bind to the receptor.
Best of all, 99 percent of the hydrocarbons absorbed were able to be recovered, meaning the sponge could be redeployed up to ten times without a drop in performance.
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But she was not disgusted, even when she had to rewrap stumps or sponge gashes that were sewn up like shark bites.
Rink explained to me that Smart Sponge was initially developed for use in mopping up oil spills.
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Abtech tried to get Smart Sponge deployed by contractors during the BP clean up, but they mostly balked at using the material because it did its job too well.
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The attendant will work up an almighty lather with an enormous sponge and squeeze it all over you - it is a bit like taking a bubble bath without the bath.
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