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The oil is sprinkled on sea waves to calm them down. Why ?

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When the oil is sprinked, the sea breeze spreads the oil on the sea water in its direction of motion. The surface tension of sea water ( where there is no oil) being greater than the surface tension of oilyd water, the sea water will pull the oily water against the direction of breeze. As a result of it, an oil layer is created on the surface of sea water. Due to it, the sea waves will become calm.
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