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AS a result of the growing use of fresh-water resources, much work has been done on retarding evaporation from water-storage facilities. Most of this work has centred about the use of a monolayer system, especially of long-chain fatty alcohols1. However, since the practical applications of the monolayer system show that amounts of material far in excess of the theoretical monolayer system must be used2, it becomes pertinent to examine other possible systems. It appears, however, that relatively little recent work has been done with possible systems other than the monolayer. Most investigations have been concerned with oil–surfactant systems3 and one with a wax–oil system4.
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FOX, R. An Oil–Wax–Surfactant System for retarding the Evaporation of Water. Nature 205, 1004–1005 (1965). https://doi.org/10.1038/2051004a0
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