Multiple choice

Which of the following statements can be excluded from the properties of dispersants?

  1. Dispersants in oil drilling are chemicals that aid in breaking up solids or liquids as fine particles or droplets into another medium

  2. Dispersants can not be used to dissipate oil slicks

  3. Dispersing agents are the principal applications of detergents for which the liquid bath is water

  4. A dispersant/plasticizer is added to the gypsum wallboard slurry to reduce the amount of water used, while maintaining the same slump as the slurry without dispersant
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Explanation

Dispersants can be used to dissipate oil slicks.They may rapidly disperse large amounts of certain oil types from the sea surface by transferring it into the water column. They will cause the oil slick to break up and form water-soluble micelles that are rapidly diluted.

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