Imbiber Beads® (demo packet) 'drink' compatible liquids into their molecular structure. There is no practical way to make the Imbiber Beads® release a liquid once it has been "Imbibed."

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Rate of Vapor Release

(Safety of Personnel and the Environment)

Volume to Volume Comparison

22 – 27 Volumes Liquid per Volume of Imbiber Beads® - Environment Canada

What are Imbiber Beads?

Imbiber Beads ® are spherical plastic particles that ‘IMBIBE’, drink - in or absorb a very broad cross section of the organic chemical spectrum. The polymer particles are solid (about the size of a salt or sugar granule). There are no pores or voids to fill (as in a sponge). Once contact has been made with a compatible liquid, the Imbiber Beads® drink the liquid into their solid structure and in so doing, swell. This can be up to 27 volumes per original Imbiber Beads® volume with some liquids. The Imbiber Beads ® will not release liquid, not through compression, gravitational pull, not even when cut in half. The liquid is held in the molecular structure - not in droplets.

Advantages

The advantages to using the true absorbing system of IMBIBER BEADS® ARE MANY:

Efficient capture of organic liquids
Total containment of captured organic liquids
Safer storage and handling of hazardous materials
Drastic reduction of potentially dangerous vapour release
Effective seperation of oil/water (unaffected by water)

Imbiber Beads® (demo packet) ‘drink’ compatible liquids into their molecular structure. There is no practical way to make the Imbiber Beads® release a liquid once it has been “Imbibed.”

ADsorbent vs ABsorbent

Absorb - “to take in and incorporate; assimilate; to suck up; drink in; to take up or receive a chemical by molecular action i.e. bring within, enclose, engulf, consume”.

Adsorb - “to collect a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance in a condensed form on a surface”. Adsorbents do not encapsulate or stabilize spilled substances. They are primarily useful for picking up and transporting the spilled material. ADsorbents are materials that retain liquids on the surface of their particles by capillary action and surface tension. The problem is that the spilled substance is still there on the surface of the particles and will leach back into the environment.