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Marbles tower shows conflict between oil and water

03-25-2007 · EurekAlert!

How do oil and water really respond to each other? Up until now researchers could only study that in the lab. Dutch researcher Twan Gielen designed a simulation program to study the interactions between oil and water outside of the laboratory. This provides insights into the behavior of contaminated groundwater.

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