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Find or create a lipophilic and hydrophobic substance to better absorb oils without absorbing water.

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No I did not

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When using the cotton it took both the oil and water not just oil

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I don't feel any of these methods would work well on large scale. Absorbing with cloth just creates more waste, skimming is inefficient, and the soap is just adding more chemicals to the sea.

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Some challenges that we observed is how to get the towels/ cotton pads to absorb the oil spill (pollutant) without absorbing water.

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I had a hard time absorbing the oil on its own, but once the soap was added it facilitated the activity a bit more. 

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I had a hard time absorbing the oil on its own, but once the soap was added it facilitated the activity a bit more. 

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skimming was hard to do I kept getting mostly water. mostly water was absorbed with my paper towel and it worked better when I used the soap.

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When using the cotton balls/paper towels I noticed it just took most of the water away.

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I began by adding dish soap to a cotton ball and submerged the cotton ball into the oil. This dispersed the oil into the tiniest, glimmering particles, which were then very difficult to extract from the water. I decided to use two or three coffee filters to filter out the water from the oil and it seemed to have worked quite well.

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I observed that the water, no matter which material I used, would not be 100% clean and oil would still remain even in small amounts.

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That using both the soap and the skimmer together.

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The method that worked best was paper towels. I know this because when I tested it out the towel picked up the oil better than the spoon. To best prepare for an oil spill use paper towels, super absorbent paper.

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I had difficulty skimming and absorbing the oil without the soap.

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I believe that the soap method was the best!

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Which method would you suggest to the environmental engineers working to clean up the oil spill in Huntington Beach?

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Which method would you suggest to the environmental engineers working to clean up the oil spill in Huntington Beach?

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What are some challenges that you had or observed? 

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What are some challenges that you had or observed? 

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Did anyone come up with a different method?

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Did anyone come up with a different method?