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- From: rajat@sunny3.che.clarkson.edu (Rajat Kapoor)
- Subject: Re: Oil Spills
- Message-ID: <1992Nov16.180215.12735@news.clarkson.edu>
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- References: <74956@hydra.gatech.EDU>
- Date: Mon, 16 Nov 1992 18:02:15 GMT
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- From article <74956@hydra.gatech.EDU>, by gtd205a@prism.gatech.EDU (Hody Crouch):
- > 2. Oil also begins to spread through the water. The oil molecules attract
- > H2O, and when enough water molecules surround a small oil molecule, it can
- > 'dissolve' (used in the loosest sense of the word).
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- This point ( Partial Coeff, though very low ), should be helpful.
- I wouldn't be surprised, if surfactants are employed for these
- situations to disperse and dilute oil (after skimming) in the ocean. Aquatic
- life would hardly be disturbed by oil micelles, much less for molecularly
- dissolved oil.
-
- Kapoor
-
- Hmm... talk about the dream-fuel, water...
-