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FERROFLUIDS.
A MAGNETIC SOLUTION TO CLEAN UP
OIL SPILLS
PROJECT BY MADELINE NEYPES
HOW EFFECTIVE ARE
FERROFLUIDS
IN CLEANING UP OIL SPILLS?
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SMALL SCALE REPLICA OF AN OIL SPILL
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Averege Effeciency of the Feirofluid
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0.00%
Drops of ferrofluid
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Oil Spills Near Us
• April 23, 1988
• A leaking tank at the shell oil refinery I `= °"r' ''
poured about 400,000 gallons of crude
oil into a nearby creek that ran into a l -
marsh and into the bay
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• January 2, 2006
• Approximately 10 barrels (about 420 gallons) ofi� -� =_ -_ -= ,� Martinez
oil spilled into the Carquinez Strait in Martinez
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PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE
This could be our future for our coastline if we
do not start planning for the future now.
rM Ferrofluids prove an effective, non-harmful, and
creative way to clean up oil spills.
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