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Water is generally considered to be polluted with oil once it has about 10 mg/L of oil in it (essentially 10 litres of oil per million litres of water). One litre of oil therefore pollutes 100,000 litres of water (100m3)

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Does rainwater have oil in?

Rain water that falls from the sky should not have oil in it, unless the sky is polluted. However, the rain water that lands in a barrel, or some other container, could have oil in it, because the ground is contaminated with oil, or the barrel (container) has oil in it. Most rain water that falls from the sky is clean, but, when it lands, it can get polluted with oil. Acid raid is another problem with rain water, which occurs again because the sky overhead is polluted.


Why is the ocean so polluted?

The ocean is polluted due to human activities such as dumping waste, runoff from land carrying pollutants, oil spills, and plastic pollution. These activities can harm marine life, disrupt ecosystems, and impact water quality. Efforts to reduce pollution and promote sustainability are needed to protect the health of the oceans.


What happens when if pollution gets in the water?

Obviously, pollution is harmful towards living things. One example of pollution is oil spill. The oil floats on water and the fish that are coming up to the surface of the water to get air will suffocate. So, if the marine life dies just because of oil spill, most of the animals in the sea will be extinct. Just imagine eating fish and chips with just the chips. The pollution in the water MAY also affect the air around it, suffocating land animals including humans.


Btu value of 1 ltre of heating oil?

The average heating value of heating oil is around 138,500 Btu per gallon. Since there are approximately 3.785 liters in a gallon, one liter of heating oil would contain about 36,600 Btu.


What is the chemical reaction for oil and water?

Oil and water do not react chemically; they are immiscible due to differences in polarity. Oil is nonpolar and water is polar, so they do not mix and form separate layers instead.

Related Questions

A liter of oil is how much in a kilogram?

A liter of water IS a kilogram. Since oil is lighter, it's about .625 kg


what are ways that water is polluted?

Three ways water can be polluted by are litter, gaseous emissions and oil spills


How water in the rivers and seas get polluted?

by the oil


What weighs more a liter of water or a liter of oil?

A liter of water weighs more than a liter of oil because the density of water is higher than that of oil. The weight of a liter of water is around 1 kilogram, whereas the weight of a liter of oil can vary depending on the type of oil.


Does a liter of water weigh the same as 1 liter of oil?

No. Oil is less dense than water, so 1 liter of oil will weigh less than 1 liter of water.


What are 3 ways that water is polluted?

Three ways water can be polluted by are litter, gaseous emissions and oil spills


One quart of oil pollutes how much drinking water?

Water is generally considered polluted by oil once the oil concentration exceeds 10mg/L. All considerations of oil density minimized, this is about 1 quart per 25,000 gallons of water


What can harm the ocean if it is polluted?

the water, the animals and since that in polluted, the water we drink, the water we wash with, the rain, and can cause deathly global warming and deathly oil spills


1 liter oil is equal how much kg?

Oil is slightly less dense than water and a litre of water weighs a kilogram. It would be less than a kilogram, but by how much depends on the type of oil.


Affects on the envoroment from the oil spill?

Animals and plants die because of the oil and the sea water has been polluted with oil.


What are two ways that water can be polluted from distant sources?

garbage and oil spills.


What does polluted water contain?

whatever polluted it. PLEASE RECCOMEND ME Rangutan says: Pollution in water may include: * plastic bags * salts * poisons * oil * chemicals * fertilizers