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To: UCANSEE2
"Can the components of COREXIT that are fluids or gas evaporate? "

I'm sure some can. I already pointed out that ethanol, one of the chemical compounds found in COREXIT is highly volatile, and would evaporate quickly once it reached the surface of the water.

But, you have to account for relative volume. As I said, whatever volatile chemicals escape into the atmosphere from the application of dispersant, pale in comparison to the volatile (and hazardous) chemicals that escape into the air from people putting fuel in their cars each hour.

Simply stated, the additional volatile chemicals introduced into the atmosphere from COREXIT is less than negligible compared to what's introduced during any other normal day in that part of the country.

120 posted on 06/18/2010 4:11:46 PM PDT by OldDeckHand
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To: OldDeckHand
Simply stated, the additional volatile chemicals introduced into the atmosphere from COREXIT is less than negligible compared to what's introduced during any other normal day in that part of the country.

Well, at least you have gone from the IT JUST DOESN'T HAPPEN, or SOLIDS CAN'T EVAPORATE to admitting that it does happen.

(and you tried to demean my knowledge of physics... when it was you trying to ignore the laws)

I could accept the proposition that the amount and type of chemicals dispersed into the air causes no harm, or that it is minimal compared to other 'fumes' we put in the air in other ways.

However, it still remains a fact that exposure over 4 hours is considered harmful, and that plants and birds are dying in the mid-south.

When those two problems are explained, I will be less likely to postulate the dispersant as a source of the problem.

129 posted on 06/18/2010 4:33:58 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The Last Boy Scout)
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