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The oil rises to the top of the water because they do not mix.
Yes and No, it all depends on the type of oil that is in the salt water. Heavy crude oils do not mix with salt water, they just clump together and sink to the bottom. light and very light crude oils do mix with water which speeds up their degradation and causes them to evaporate a lot faster. medium crude oil like those from the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico only partially mix with water, that is why you see the pools of oil on the surface and all the oil globs washing up on shore.
They are miscible.
water weighs more than Crude Oil
conclusion on oil
Natural gas and water may be produced along with the crude oil. For this reason, when the crude oil is produced, it must be processed and the gas and water separated out, so the oil can be sold to refineries.
No we cannot mix water with oil.
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Yes and No, it all depends on the type of oil that is in the salt water. Heavy crude oils do not mix with salt water, they just clump together and sink to the bottom. light and very light crude oils do mix with water which speeds up their degradation and causes them to evaporate a lot faster. medium crude oil like those from the oil spill in the gulf of Mexico only partially mix with water, that is why you see the pools of oil on the surface and all the oil globs washing up on shore.
Oil will not mix with water.
Crude oil is a complex mixture of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen. It does not dissolve in water unless you add a detergent to break down and encapsulate the oil.
That is the correct spelling of "petroleum" (crude oil, a mix of liquid hydrocarbons).