Effect of non-homogeneous spatial distributions of surfactants on the stability of high-content bitumen-in-water emulsions

Interciencia

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 415-422

  Urbina Villalba, Germán ^a   García Sucre, Máximo ^a  

^a INSTITUTO VENEZOLANO DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTÍFICAS   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Brownian Dynamics; Emulsions; O W; Simulations; Stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011356607     PISSN: 03781844     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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