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Enhanced effectiveness of oil dispersants in destabilizing water-in-oil emulsions

Oil impacting the northern Gulf of Mexico shoreline from the 2010 Deepwater Horizon accident was predominantly in the form of water-in-oil emulsions (WOE), a chemically weathered, highly viscous, neutrally buoyant material. Once formed, WOE are extremely difficult to destabilize. Commercially-availa...

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Autores principales: John, Gerald F., Hayworth, Joel S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6746393/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31525215
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0222460