Dispersant

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-008184",
  "term": "Dispersant",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A chemical agent used to break up concentrations of organic material such as spilled oil.\n\n2. Those chemical agents that emulsify, disperse, or solubilize oil into the water column or promote the surface spreading of oil slicks to facilitate dispersal of the oil into the water column.",
  "subject": "General environmental",
  "references": [
    "Terms of Environment",
    "DOI Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement Glossary; 40 CFR 300.5 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/dispersant/"
}