Abstract
The current oil spill remediation strategies are costly and may be toxic to aquatic species and clean-up workers. There is, therefore, the need to look for alternative oil spill remediation strateg...
Highlights
An oil spill is defined as a discrete event in which oil is discharged through neglect, by accident, or with intent over a relatively short time (Etkin, 2001)
TiO2 and Fe-TiO2 were successfully synthesized by mild hydrothermal method and subsequently characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Ultra-violet-visible spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Diffusion reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR), Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC)
The optical bandgaps were estimated to be ~3.12 eV and ~2.9 eV for TiO2 and Fe-TiO2, respectively. This implies that while TiO2 is active in the UV region of the electromagnetic spectrum, Fe-TiO2 is active in both the UV and visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum
Summary
An oil spill is defined as a discrete event in which oil is discharged through neglect, by accident, or with intent over a relatively short time (Etkin, 2001). Oil spills that mostly take place in the marine environment have a ripple effect on the economy. When marine life is affected, there are damaging consequences on the economy, nutrition, health, and many more. The standard of living of the fisher folks is affected whenever there is an oil spill since it may result in the reduction of household income. The shorelines of the marine environment which serve as recreation centers and tourist sites are destroyed by oil spills (Nyankson, Rodene et al, 2016). The effect of all these is that the importance of the oil industry to the economy is not fully achieved
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