Abstract
It was found that lithium tetraalkoxyborates are highly efficient gelling agents for hydrocarbons. The viscosity of liquid hydrocarbons can be increased to a desired degree by mixing them with a gelling composition of lithium tert-butoxide Li-O-C(CH3)3 and trialkoxyborate B(OC8H17)3 in equimolecular amounts. Oil gelled by this composition has a rubberlike consistency, which retains its shape; therefore, oil spills treated with the use of this method can be more efficiently recovered mechanically or by hand.
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