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...demonstration on the Delaware River, eleven gallons of 50% Polycomplex A were sprayed on a 110-gallon oil slick. In two minutes, only a thin brown film remained; soon that disappeared. Similar tests conducted in tanks ashore proved just as successful. Six parts of Kuwait crude oil-the type carried by the Torrey Canyon-were dispersed by one part of Polycomplex A in five minutes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Technology: Mopping Up Oily Oceans | 7/28/1967 | See Source »

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