My hypothesis was correct. The oil was very thick and the sorbents only absorbed s certain amount. Some of the possible flaws were the amount of sorbents used were not always exact. There was no specific amount to use. The next sequential experiment would bets king this process to a bigger environment with more water, oil, and sorbents.
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Created with images by USFWS/Southeast - "Drilling and recovery at impact site" • Maven@China - "Oil Spill in Dalian" • XPRIZE Foundation - "Oil in Water" • Gorupka - "piece of graphic paper" • Ingrid Taylar - "San Francisco Oil Spill" • bradleygee - "miniature measuring cups" • Maven@China - "Oil Spill in Dalian" • skeeze - "oil rig explosion fire disaster"