Transient interfacial tension behavior between acidic oils and alkaline solutions

Chemical Engineering Communications

Volumn 147, Issue , 1996, Pages 145-156

  Ball, Sheila D ^a   Hornof, Vladimir ^a   Neale, Graham H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Enhanced oil recovery; Transient interfacial tension

Indexed keywords

CRUDE PETROLEUM; ENHANCED RECOVERY; FATTY ACIDS; SOLUTIONS;

ACIDIC OILS; ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ARTIFICIALLY ACIDIFIED SYNTHETIC OIL; LLOYDMINSTER HEAVY CRUDE OIL; TRANSIENT INTERFACIAL TENSION;

SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0030358267     PISSN: 00986445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00986449608936501     Document Type: Article

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