New membrane can separate even highly mixed fine oil-spill residues
Tuesday, July 1, 2014 - 11:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Whenever there is a major spill of oil into water, the two tend to mix into a suspension of tiny droplets, called an emulsion, that is extremely hard to separate—and that can cause severe damage to ecosystems. But MIT researchers have discovered a new, inexpensive way of getting the two fluids apart again.
