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How did Corexit in the Gulf of Mexico stop the oil leak?!?
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[quote:TVR driver:MV81MjUyODAxXzk2Nzc5MzQzXzM0MjczMTI5] Corexit is a dispersant, if I recall correctly. It was used to cause the oil to remain at the bottom because BP's fines were to be based on the amount of oil that reached the surface. Under sea pressures at the leak location were high enough, and the escaping oil and surrounding water hot enough, for water to be under supercritical conditions. And as we all know, a supercritical fluid environment is fantastic for performing chemical reactions. I believe Corexit was used under these conditions to chemically bind to the oil to increase it's molecular density, and keep it from rising to the surface. [/quote]
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Dispersing corexit didn't plug the leak.
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