caa a22 4500 463194632 CHVBK 20180406164919.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10669-007-9026-7 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10669-007-9026-7 Magnetic particle technology in environmental remediation and wildlife rehabilitation [Elektronische Daten] [John Orbell, Hien Dao, Lawrence Ngeh, Stephen Bigger] The use of magnetic particles in environmental remediation and wildlife rehabilitation is currently under investigation at Victoria University, in collaboration with the Phillip Island Research Centre, Victoria, Australia. Iron powder has been shown to be very effective for the magnetic cleansing of feathers and plumage and is almost ideal for this purpose, being non-toxic, a non-irritant and recyclable. Detailed investigations have demonstrated that by varying particle size, particle structure and surface texture, the efficacy of oil removal from feathers and plumage can be successfully manipulated. In this regard, it is possible to identify a grade of iron powder whereby, within experimental error, effectively 100% removal of a variety of fresh contaminants from different matrices, including feathers, can be achieved. Our investigations have been extended to the application of such particles to the successful removal of tarry and weathered/tarry contamination. The results of these investigations have indicated that, for such contaminants, removals ranging from 97-99% may be achieved. Magnetic particle technology may also be adapted for the screening of pre-conditioning agents that can further assist in the removal of tarry and weathered/tarry contamination from feathers. These investigations suggest that magnetic particles could have an important role to play in environmental remediation and wildlife rehabilitation as a clean and effective technology. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2007 Environmental remediation nationallicence Feather nationallicence Iron powder nationallicence Magnetic nationallicence Oil removal nationallicence Wildlife rehabilitation nationallicence Orbell John Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, 8001, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut Dao Hien Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, 8001, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut Ngeh Lawrence School of Molecular Sciences, Werribee Campus, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut Bigger Stephen School of Molecular Sciences, Werribee Campus, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut The Environmentalist Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/1(2007-03-01), 175-182 0251-1088 27:1<175 2007 27 10669 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9026-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10669-007-9026-7 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Orbell John Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, 8001, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Dao Hien Institute for Sustainability and Innovation, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, 8001, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ngeh Lawrence School of Molecular Sciences, Werribee Campus, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Bigger Stephen School of Molecular Sciences, Werribee Campus, Victoria University, P.O. Box 14428, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Environmentalist Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; http://www.springer-ny.com 27/1(2007-03-01), 175-182 0251-1088 27:1<175 2007 27 10669 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer