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SCIENCE
Science in Focus: Materials 2
 
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The Science of Recycling
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Oil Alert

Aims

To provide:

  • A detailed description of the different methods used to clean up oil spillages, and the reasoning behind them.
  • An explanation of the scientific principles behind each cleaning-up method based on the physical and chemical characteristics of the compounds present in crude oil. Fractional distillation is explained on the same principles using computer graphics.