Abstract
This paper is devoted to the effect of different physical and chemical properties of contacting media on the hydrocarbon spreading process on the water surface as well as the comparison of analytically acquired expressions for the form of the hydrocarbon slick observed in experiments. The equations that define the quasi-stationary form of the hydrocarbon slick are presented and numerically solved. Experiments on the compact oil slick field growth under different physical conditions are made. It is shown that the growth of the oil spill slick area with time is greater on fresh water than on saline and also depends on the oil volume and its properties. The dependency of spreading area size on the salinity of water is also revealed.
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