ACADEMIA ROMÂNĂ Revue Roumaine de Chimie http://web.icf.ro/rrch/ Rev. Roum. Chim., 2017, 62(3), 249-253 PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF PETROSORBENTS OF THE PHYTOGENESIS Dauren BAISEITOV, Marat TULEPOV,* Larissa SASSYKOVA*, Sholpan GABDRASHOVA, Kenes KUDAIBERGENOV and Zulkhair MANSUROV al-Farabi Kazakh National University, 71, al-Farabi, 050038 Almaty, Kazakhstan Received August 17, 2016 Sorbents of oil of a phytogenesis are studied and the structural characteristics and properties of a surface are compared. The researches have been carried with a rice husk, obtained by thrashing of the Kazakhstan rice which has been grown up in the Kyzyl-Orda area.The carbon-polystyrene sorbent (21.0 % of a rice husk) with excellent production characteristics is synthesized. It is revealed that the oil capacity of carbon - polystyrene foam fibrous sorbents with the content of a rice husk to 35.0 - 40.0 wt.% exceeds the oil capacity of pure fiber of polystyrene foam. Environmentally friendly technology of synthesis and the relatively low cost sorbents are achieved thanks to the absence of chemical binders and one-step process. INTRODUCTION * One of the most effective methods of deep purification from the dissolved organic substances of waste water of the enterprises is sorption. 1 The materials of a phytogenesis accumulating in a significant amount in the form of a waste of an agricultural production, represent practical interest as raw materials for production of the sorbents which can be used for the decision of many ecological issues: cleaning of waste water, gas bursts, a ground etc. 2 Use of these materials having low cost for production of sorbents, allows to combine abandonment of the agricultural production wastes with the environmental protection activity. 3-5 It is known that production of sorbents from the rice production wastes is developed basically within the limits of a problem of utilization of a husk. The flower films of rice (husk) and straw contain a considerable quantity of silicon dioxide, so this waste can be a source of obtaining of different siliceous sorbents. From the literature data, 6-8 by the fat-free bran of rice can clean the solutions of ions of chrome, copper, zinc, and a rice husk - from ions of strontium, cadmium, nickel, lead, zinc, chrome, cobalt and aluminium. 9-11 Also is shown, 12 that the quantity of copper and zinc sorbtion from the waste waters of galvanic manufactures does not yield to some used sorbents (to the activated coals, zeolites). The aim of the work was to study the sorbents of vegetable origin of oil and a comparison of the structural characteristics and surface properties to assess the effectiveness of their use in the process of water surface cleaning from oil products. * Corresponding authors: tulepov@rambler.ru; larissa.rav@mail.ru