Temperature-induced solubilization of hydrocarbons in aqueous block copolymer solutions

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 3415-3421

  Lebens, Paul J M ^a   Keurentjes, Jos T F ^a  

^a AKZO NOBEL CENTRAL RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; BLOCK COPOLYMERS; HYDROCARBONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MICELLES; PHASE COMPOSITION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

APOLAR MICELLE CORE; AQUEOUS BLOCK COPOLYMER SOLUTION; REGENERATION PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE INDUCED SOLUBILIZATION;

SOLUBILITY;

EXTRACTION; HYDROCARBONS; POLYMERS; SOLUBILITY;

EID: 0030266196     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960066w     Document Type: Article

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