Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: Molecular dynamics simulations of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces

Environmental Sciences: Processes and Impacts

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 53-64

  Liyana Arachchi, Thilanga P ^a,b   Zhang, Zenghui ^a   Ehrenhauser, Franz S ^a,c   Avij, Paria ^a   Valsaraj, Kalliat T ^a   Hung, Francisco R ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c Audubon Sugar Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKANE; ANIONIC SURFACTANT; DISPERSANT; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; HYDROCARBON; ICOSANE; OIL; PENTADECANE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SURFACTANT; TRIACONTANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; DEEP SEA; ENERGY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OIL SPILL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; THERMODYNAMICS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTANTS; ATMOSPHERE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; PETROLEUM; PETROLEUM POLLUTION; SEAWATER; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84890961829     PISSN: 20507887     EISSN: 20507895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c3em00391d     Document Type: Article

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