Friday, January 27th, 2012

Magnetic Soap May Help Clean Up Spilled Oil

Could soap with magnetic properties help with environmental cleanups of oil spills? Photo by Flickr user f_trudeau.

BP released millions of gallons of dispersants to break up oil from the Deepwater Horizon disaster. But what if dispersants could be sucked up again after doing their job? Chemist Julian Eastoe talks about an iron-containing soap he’s created that can be recaptured using a magnet.

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Julian Eastoe
Professor, School of Chemistry
University of Bristol
Bristol, United Kingdom

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