oil spill demo 3

[leoango23]

why hair adsorbs the oil?? .. what are the properties that made hair to adsorb??

[mariaaa26]

I wonder who came up with the idea of using hair...

[avaloscesar]

Try to do that in the sea instead, with thousands and thousands of oil barrels. Get real, we are failing to clean the Gulf.

[bestwishesmaple]

@avaloscesar They are doing that ...

[Pikapal1]

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[amilaiscool]

does it sink if you leave it in too long?

[lckyl16]

thanks for the great comments.

[Lrdvltr]

The first hair grouping would have collected all the oil if it was refined oil (like in spills). The oil she was using was "used motoroil" so there will be a lot of impurities naturally meaning there would be more hair needed to absorb the thicker oil. Thank you for the Demo.

[BoyToob]

Fantastic!

[ClemyNX]

How can you be sure that the oil isn't just sticking to the tissue? you should show a video of a bag stuffed with another material.

[jmolinav]

@ClemyNX Hair actually picks up oil. Hair adsorbs oil molecules, leaving water behind. I can tell you from personal experience that the hair is what is picking up the oil from water.

[adm3131]

check out on FB: Clean the Gulf Oil Spill with Hair Mats.

They have a hair mat that has surface area, made of hair and if efficient.....or just search youtube for "Ottimat". Its not expensive at all, only $2 per piece, to clean $25 gal. and it works on land or sea!

[lckyl16]

thanks

[sbarr10]

This will probably end up being a popular science fair demo in grade schools! :) 5 stars!

[Rapture]

yuck not that well, considering how much you put in.. brave girl!!

[Jullebrus]

is that gearoil? Pretty good demonstration. Should have made the surfaceareal bigger, making some kind of "haircloth".

[lckyl16]

hot girl