Hydrophobic dolomite sorbent for oil spill clean-ups: Kinetic modeling and isotherm study

A low-cost chemical hydrophobic sorbent was synthesized by the dip-coating method. The sorbent was characterized using different methods, including TGA, FTIR, XRD, SEM, and Zeta potential. The removal of unconventional oil from water by palmitic acid-modified dolomite was investigated by batch adsorption after varying pHs (1–9), contact times (5–80 min), adsorbent dosage (0.1–0.7 g mL−1), initial oil concentration (3000–7000 ppm), salinity...