Showing papers by "Philip A. Meyers published in 1973"
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors report evidence confirming the suggestion that partial dissolution in seawater of fuel oil hydrocarbons is important in the degradation of this petroleum product in the marine environment.
Abstract: WE report evidence confirming the suggestion that the partial dissolution in seawater of fuel oil hydrocarbons is important in the degradation of this petroleum product in the marine environment1. Our experiments show that hydrocarbon solubility affects uptake and retention of fuel oil by marine sediments and that organic matter in sediments reduces the incorporation of fuel oil into the sediment samples investigated.
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TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption of heptadecanoic acid by bentonite clay at 4% was nearly triple that at 0% while from 4% to 35% only a minor increase occurred.
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