An effective dispersant for oil spills based on food-grade amphiphiles

Langmuir

Volumn 30, Issue 31, 2014, Pages 9285-9294

  Athas, Jasmin C ^a   Jun, Kelly ^b   McCafferty, Caitlyn ^a   Owoseni, Olasehinde ^c   John, Vijay T ^c   Raghavan, Srinivasa R ^a,b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Tulane University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHIPHILES; BIODEGRADATION; CRUDE OIL; DISPERSIONS; DROPS; EMULSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); OIL SHALE; OIL SPILLS; PHOSPHOLIPIDS;

AQUATIC TOXICITY; DEEPWATER HORIZONS; INTERFACIAL FILM; MICROBIAL DEGRADATION; OIL WATER INTERFACES; STERIC REPULSIONS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; WEIGHT RATIOS;

OILS AND FATS;

EID: 84905981508     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la502312n     Document Type: Article

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