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An Eco-Friendly "Magnetic Soap" for Oil Spills
Oil spills have always been a great concern, particularly when it comes to cleaning them up. Up until recently, it was detergents, which of course come with loads of chemicals that were the only way in cleaning up serious oil spills.
Later that detergent soap has to be rinsed out, and although it cleaned up the oil spill, it unknowingly and unavoidably added more chemicals into the environment. Additionally, these dispersants and surfactants (the technical name for a normal detergent soap) mingle with the water and are virtually impossible to separate. Furthermore, the chemicals will either react to the changes in the pH, or the sunlight and can cause other types of reactions.
In turn, this can cause harm to the plants and animals in their own way. Thereby, soap is not solving the problem of oil spill in a complete way.
But not anymore, with the introduction of "magnetic soap for oil spills". This is the first of its kind introduced by researchers at Bristol University in the United Kingdom. In this new soap, iron rich salts are dissolved in water that contained charged particles like chloride and bromide ions. The magnetic soap is then added onto the surface of the oil spill, absorbing and cleaning up the oil from the water.
A magnetic-like field is active in the soap which easily attracts and removes the soap contents completely from the water. As a result, this leaves no trace of the magnetic soap itself in the water, thereby keeping it clean.
Although it is yet to be introduced at a larger scale for domestic use, this innovation would be of great help in industrial, and especially in aquatic, oil spills where the animals affected can be cleaned thoroughly without the added side effects (like that of a normal soap.)
With continuous and advanced research and studies we can expect such innovations to be put to use for the greater good of our planet.
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