The separation and recovery of oil or tar from sand is a critical problem in a number of industries and crucial to the mitigation of environmental disasters, such as those associated with oil spills. For example, oil or tar sands compose a significant proportion of the world's known oil reserves.
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Why is it important to use an Ionic liquid vs something else? I am doing a research project on Ionic liquids and thought this video would be helpful but you don't really provide any details.
angelgirl2285 6 days ago
I'm guessing by "stir" you mean centrifuge? Essentially, you're decanting a solution that you've centrifuged? I really don't mean to be insulting, but this is hardly revolutionary science.
MrMagniloquentia 4 months ago
This is excellent work. I hope to see this in commercial use in the very near future. There needs to be a drastic increase in funding for research like this.
matt10155 5 months ago 2
random comment. success :)
JT9531 7 months ago