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REPORT DOCUMENTATION PAGE 



1. REPORT NUMB 



TN-1353 



2. GOVT ACCESSION NO 



3. RECIPIENT'S CATALOG NUMBER 



4. TITLE (Bnd Subtillt) 



THE FATE OF SPILLED NAVY DISTILLATE 

 FUEL 



= E OF REPORT a PERIOD COVERED 



Final; July 1972-June 1973 



6 PERFORMING ORG. REPORT NUMBER 



7. AUTHORrs; 



Peter J. Hearst, PhD 



8- CONTRACT OR ' 



9. PERFORMING ORGA 



^E AND ADDRESS 



CIVIL ENGINEERING LABORATORY 

 Naval Construction Battalion Center 

 Port Hueneme, California 93043 



52-028 



CONTROLLING OFFICE NAME AND ADDRESS 



Supervisor of Salvage (Sea OOC) 

 Naval Sea Systems Command 



2- REPORT DATE 



September 1974 



USER OF PAGES 



28 



MONITORING AGENCY 



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15- SECURITY CLASS, fo/ I 



Unclassified 



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DISTRIBUTION STATEMENT (ot I 



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19. KEY WORDS (Con 



Distillate fuel on seawater, oil spills on seawater, fuel oil on seawater, simulated 

 weathering of oil spills, gas chromatography, evaporation of spilled oils, oil slick 

 dissipation. 



Laboratory weathering studies of four Navy distillate fuels on salt water showed 

 that in thick films (5 mm) the major portions of the oils (75 to 90%) did not evaporate 

 in one week. These fuels are thus relatively persistent oils. The physical properties did 

 not change markedly and the thick emulsion, or mousse, obtained with Navy special 

 fuel oil was not obtained with the distillate fuels. Very thin films (0.1 mm) evaporated 



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