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This information leads to one conclusion: the maximum oil removal capability was
not reached yet. This result is very encouraging since several commercial products are
able to remove only 5 g of the petroleum from the water (Souza Jr. et al., 2010b).
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A new magnetic and green nanomaterial was produced using castor oil. This material
possesses a good magnetic force and a considerable oil removal capability, which al-
lows its use in oil spill cleanup processes. Thus, the prepared material contributes to
the environment encouraging nobler uses to some of the available renewable resources
besides reducing the environmental anthropogenic impact on areas degraded by oil spill
accidents, being, possibly, an important tool against environmental disasters related to
the oil spill on the water.
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Cashew nut shell liquid
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magnetic force
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The authors thank to CNPq, CAPES and FAPERJ for the financial support. The au-
thors also thank to Brazilian Synchrotron Light Laboratory by the support on SAXS
(D11A-SAXS1 #9077/10 and #9078/10) and AFM (AFM#8421/08 and AFM#9637/10)
experiments.
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